Between «domestic» and «hidden»: semantics of the adjective heimlîch and its derivatives in Gottfried von Straßburg's «Tristan» by A. D. Golovkova

“…This study examines the etymology of heimlîch and its derivatives and analyses the contexts in which these lexemes are used. The Old High German adjective heimlîh could have the meaning «domestic, native», from which «close, trusted» developed in Middle High German, and only in the XII century the meaning «hidden (from strangers), secret» is found for the first time. …”
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