Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *armalausazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_armalausaz_2
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A Gothic Etymological DictionaryWinfred P.LehmannBrill1986aTufa und Armilausini: Namen und Appellativa im römisch-germanischen Sprachkontakt10.1515/bgsl-2020-0013LudwigRübekeilBeiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache und Literatur 142(2)185–2132020𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃profitless, fruitless𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃godless𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃lawlessarmilaus(i)asleeveless military garmentArmilausinia member of a Germanic tribe that was named after the type of shirt they were known to weararmaweapons
adja-stemarmless; lacking armsFrom *armaz¹ + *-lausaz. The second constituent is the compound use of *lausaz, well established in Germanic privative compounds; compare Gothic 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃, 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃, and 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃Lehmann 1986a: 229, s.v. laus. The precise form of the first constituent is uncertain. Late Latin armilaus(i)a and the ethnonym Armilausini preserve an older linking vowel -i-/-e-; Rübekeil 2020: 201–206 argues that transmitted -a- is probably secondary, arising within Latin, perhaps partly through folk-etymological association with Latin arma. He proposes a Germanic formation based on **armijō or **armilō, perhaps meaning something like ‘sleeve’, both of which would regularly have *-i- at the compound boundary.