Wagnijo

> > > > Here's one for you: Iranian V&r&Tragna > Georgian Vakhtang,
> > > Armenian
> > > > Vahagn > Odin's name Vegtam; Vangiones; <Wagnijo> in Runic
> > (weapon
> > > > find), the PN Vagn in Danish.
> > >
> > > I tried and I failed. There's nothing useful. Your matchups are
> > > inconsistent.
> >
> > And I which way, pray tell?
> >
> > >We can explain these words without Kartvelian
> > > connections.
> >
> > Yeah, like Vani.
>
>
> Iranian > Armenian /Vahagn/. But Iranian influence in Neolithic
> Europe is an anachronism.

I never said neolithic.

>The ethnonym Vangiones is of unceretain
> origin, but /Wagnijo/, /Vagn/ are derived from IE for "vehicle".

Here's a better idea.
Egill, Snt calls Odin <vagna vári>, <vagna rúni>, Víga-Glúmr 6 <vagna
vinir> 'friend of the vagnar (pl.)' or 'of the vagni (sg.)'. That
word is unexplained. Perhaps Odin was a friend of the <Wagnijo>
people (or faction, or whatever)?

Torsten