Re: [tied] Re: Cimbri

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 14599
Date: 2002-08-27

Well, *com-brogi: is a _possible_ Common Celtic word (though unattested). But how do you propose to relate it to Kimmerioi/Gimirra:ja, or to Cimbri, for that matter? (Remember, Cymru is a Modern Welsh word).
 
Thump!
 
Piotr
 
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: tgpedersen
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 1:38 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: Cimbri


I've read and reread those postings, but as far as I can see his
argument hinges on:
1) There was no *com-brogia in Common Celtic times (??? - absence of
evidence etc). Why wouldn't any Celt at the time have hit on the idea
of combining those two words? Why is that so certain?
2) *com-brogia must have been coined at Welsh-Cumbrian times and
therefore cannot have existed earlier. This argument rests on the
assumption that compounds are never re-formed, when phonological
development renders its various parts unrecognizable. That is false.
3) Much table-thumping.