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III - das vieh

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2010

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Was gezähmt zur weide getrieben wird heisst vieh, im gegensatz zu dem wilden ungebändigten thier. beide ausdrücke erstrecken sich durch die sprachen: goth. faihu, ahd. fihu, alts. fehu, ags. feoh, altn. fé, schwed. fä, nnl. vee, nhd. vieh, lat. pecu, preuss. pecku, gr. πῶü für πόϰυ πέϰν, zend und skr. pau. litth. ist übrig piemû, dem gr. ποιμήν entsprechend, den begrif pecus drückt aber galwijas aus von galwa caput, wie capitale, engl. cattle und unser bestehaupt, βοῶν ϰάρηνα. pecunia, faihu fihu feoh, des hirten vornehmste habe, peculium, ϰτῆνος, bezeichnen zugleich das älteste tauschmittel, geld. das sl. wort für vieh lautet skot und scheint entweder umgekehrt aus goth. skatts, altn. skattr, ags. sceat, ahd. scaz, nhd. schatz entsprungen, welche bereits geld bedeuten, oder es bewahrt den sinnlichen begrif, den jene deutschen wörter fahren liessen; doch auch fries. sket drückt vieh und geld aus, und mhd. werden ‘scaz und vihe’ verbunden Diut. 3, 87. man erwäge lat. opes und ovis, wobei opilio für ovilio vermittelt und hernach beim pferd maiþms und mâđm.

Unser thier, goth. dius, ags. deor, engl. deer, altn. dŷr, nnl. dier, ahd. tior, mhd. tier ist sichtbar das gr. ϑήρ, ϑηρίον, aeol. φήρ, lat. fera (vgl. ferus wild), sl. zvjer, böhm. zwěŕ zwjře, poln. zwierz, litth. źwěris, lett. swehrs, pr. swîris; für den übergang des Θ in ZV vergleiche man skr. dhvan sonare, ags. þunor, ahd. donar, sl. zvon, litth. zwanas sonus sonitus und das S dieser lat. wörter neben tonitru.

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Print publication year: 2009

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  • das vieh
  • Jacob Grimm
  • Book: Geschichte der deutschen Sprache
  • Online publication: 29 August 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511706158.005
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  • das vieh
  • Jacob Grimm
  • Book: Geschichte der deutschen Sprache
  • Online publication: 29 August 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511706158.005
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