Re: [tied] Re: "Irmin" and Hermes

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 13737
Date: 2002-05-17

I forgot to add that *ermVna- þiuda-/kunja- may also mean "the human race" in general. This is indeed the normal meaning of <eormencynn> in Old English:
 
God gesceapo ferede æ:ghwylcum on eorþan eormencynnes.
God has borne his decrees to everyone of the human race on earth.
 
In some compounds "eormen-" alternates with "earth-" or "world-", which is why I think "earth" and "eormen" may be etymologically related.
 
Piotr
 
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