Re: [tied] Re: Pre-Germanic speculation

From: Jens Elmegaard Rasmussen
Message: 26711
Date: 2003-10-30

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Marco Moretti wrote:

> [...] Perhaps the protoform of Samsø was more convoluted,
> but it remains clearly non-IE.

Can anyone explain to me where this disproportionate interest in the
toponym Samsø comes from? I have heard it before where I circulate, that
not all placenames in Denmark are Danish, take just Samsø which is
definitely a substratum name. How can they know? And how do they think
their ultimate source made up his mind?

As names of islands go, I see nothing unusual about Samsø; sure, I don't
know what it is, but neither do I know where the names of all the other
islands come from (I can handle Langeland, but that's just about it).

Jens