Re: Help with Germanic & Scythian etymology

From: tgpedersen
Message: 46368
Date: 2006-10-15

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "A." <xthanex@...> wrote:
>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > If any further linguistic evidence could be drawn from
> Tarigitaus,
> > > Leipoxais, Arpoxais, COlaxais, Agathyrsus, Gelonus, or Scythes -
> I
> > > would be very appreciative!
> >
> > Well, you might try the archives.
> >
> My thanks for that advice, I see it has been discussed without any
> significant resolution... and thus I am unlikely to find any
> stunning new revelations when researching the Scythian names.

That's odd; I was rather stunned by my own insights. But the world
is not perfect.


> On the other hand, I see that Fethuir and Istaev / Istio / Iscio /
> Hiscion have not received much prior attention and so I will remain
> hopeful on that end.
> Grimm attempts to link Iscio to Askr - and to Askitûn (Ascha near
> Amberg), Askiprunno (Eschborn near Frankfort), Askipah (Eschbach,
> Eschenbach). Grimm also mentions a spelling of "Isiocon" from
> Zeitschrift für deutsches Altertum by Moritz Haupt.


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Torsten