Re: tribal etymology

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Michael J Smith

> about Ptolemy's mention of the Chaidenoi, the name doesn't sound
> Germanic, anyone have thoughts on this?

Why doesn't it sound Germanic? Why not *xaid-u-z 'rank, status,
honour, person' (Eng. -hood, Ger. -heit, ON heiðr) with a derivational
ending? The most natural formation from this base would have been
*xaid-i:na-z 'man of high rank'.

> ANd what is the etymology of the tribal name Tungri? ANd is it

Germanic?

Anybody's guess. Too little data to speculate, as far as I'm concerned.

Piotr