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Engel or Angel[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle High German engel, from Old High German engil, Gothic aggilus* from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos), Latin angelus.
Gothic aggilus, bible translation by Ulfilas about 350 AD. *Greek spelling aggelos, pronounced angelos, Latin angelus.
- See WT:AGRC#Romanization standards for why I've been reverting your changes of angelos to aggelos Chuck Entz (talk) 18:13, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
the Greek written spelling clearly shows ἄ γγ ελος (a gg elos), Gothic spelling also 2 gg (aggilus), the gg is pronounced as ng, page 40 (71.197.119.17 04:46, 14 April 2013 (UTC))
- I'm quite aware of that, as were the people that decided on the transliteration/romanization scheme used here. There are tradeoffs in any way of doing this, so it's not perfect- but it's the way it was decided to do it on Wiktionary. Chuck Entz (talk) 05:11, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
- As for Gothic, the decision for that language was different: see WT:AGOT. Chuck Entz (talk) 05:18, 14 April 2013 (UTC)