Re: [tied] Re: Saxon wanum "bright"

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 29872
Date: 2004-01-21

Marco:
>Yes. In Vanir the ending /-ir/ is from German /*-i:z/ < IE /-*ejes/.
>There is no trace of an old /-s-/ stem. So /*wensu-/ is simply a
>nonsense.

Yes, yes, yes. Let's stop beating the dead horse and get to the
point. Forget this **wensu. I goofed. Nonetheless, Vanir has an
_IE_ etymology relating it to *wen-, which is the major point I was
trying to make before you clung onto my mistake to hide behind
your own numerous claims that haven't yet been substantiated,
one of the latest ones being a Proto-Hattic/pre-Greek
*kwan/gwan/wan that you left us with without being kind enough
to elaborate.


= gLeN

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