Re: [tied] Arminius/Hermann

13-04-2004 12:15, tgpedersen wrote:

> In Kuhn's view, Arminius wouldn't have spoken a Germanic language at
> all but some Nordwestblock language. Some members of his family have
> non-Germanic names (Segestes), some Germanic (Sigimerus). This might
> represent the beginning of Germanic's linguistic conquest of the
> Nordwestblock. It would also be the background of the different
> ideologies of Arminius and the "proper" Germanic Marbod in their
> conflict as related in Tacitus' annals.

Segestes had a non-Germanic name but his brother Segimerus (Tacitus'
spelling) had a Germanic one? Can one seriously believe that? Segestes
can easily be a haplological abbreviation of *se/igi-gastiz.

Piotr