Re: Celtic Jutland

--- In cybalist@..., tgpedersen@... wrote:

> > Skagerrak Dutch? Doesn't sound very Dutch to me? What is the
> etymology? Rak
> > near Skagen? and rak = vaarwater? (cf. rekken & Lat. regere,
> direction...)?
> > Kattegat is not impossible, but so is its folk-etymological (if
> that is the
> > right term) derivation from Kwade Gat (if the Kattegat was was a
> dangerous
> > water?).
> >
> > Marc
>

BTW rak = "vaarwater" (approx. =? sea lane, navigable water) and
Latin regere "direction" intrigues me. In light of Benveniste's
interpretation of the function of Latin rex as "overseer, surveyor"
perhaps the rex was once a navigator?

Torsten