Re: Grimm shift as starting point of "Germanic"

From: george knysh
Message: 54815
Date: 2008-03-07

Or to Ethelred the Unready

George

--- Patrick Ryan <proto-language@...> wrote:

> Tell that to Charles the Fat.
>
>
> Patrick
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
> To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 4:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Grimm shift as starting
> point of "Germanic"
>
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Piotr Gasiorowski
> > To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 2:22 AM
> > Subject: [Courrier indésirable] [tied] Re: Grimm
> shift as starting point
> > of
> > "Germanic"
> >
> >
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, george knysh
> <gknysh@...> wrote:
> >
> > > We can't
> > > prove to the satisfaction of protervientes like
> > > Torsten that Clondic, Cotto, and Talto were
> Germanic
> > > names.
> >
> > Talto can be compared with OE tealt 'unsteady'
> (Mod.E tilt is
> > related). Adjectives with weak inflectional
> endings often served as
> > monothematic names.
> >
> > Piotr
> >
> > ===========
> >
> > Is tall "quick, brave" not more laudative as a
> name ?
> >
> > Arnaud
> >
> > ===================
> >
> >
> >
>



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