Re: [tied] Ermanaric's El Dorado

Anything seems possible -- we only need an East (k-epenthesis) Baltic speaking region called *Auks(i)na or *Auks(i)ne. 'El Dorado'.

Piotr

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From: Sergejus Tarasovas

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Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 7:11 PM

Subject: Re: [tied] Vanir

> --- In cybalist@......, "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@......> wrote: > > I've been contemplating the reading <*in Aunxis> myself, but > > have no idea what <*Aunxis> might be the abl.pl. of Just a sheer speculation. What if *Aunxis is of Baltic origin, cf. Lith. a'uksas 'gold', auksi`nis 'golden'? Then one of possible interpretations of <golthescytha thiudos inaunxis> would be 'Golden Scythians (or Gold-shielded), a people in gold(en region?)', originally with some gold-mining (or amber-gathering?) connotations. Sergei

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