Re: Namnètes tribe etymology

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Cuadrado" <dicoceltique@...> wrote:

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> hello
> have you got some idea to etymology of Namnètes tribe = Nantes France
> 1 - Namnt- from Nant- = valley ?
> 2 - Namn- from IE Nam-/Nem- = to take ? < merchant/Dealer ?
> 3 - Namn from IE Nem- = To curve (but Loire river is not curved)
> i think is different with Nantuates tribe and Germanic tribe Némètes
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Maybe *nemos "grove" (with reflexes in Celtic, Germanic, Italic, and
Greek)?
Dan