Re: Torsten's theory reviewed

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, george knysh <gknysh@...> wrote:

>
>
> tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
>
> > >
> > > According to Caesar, Ariovistus' troops
> > included
> > > Harudes,
> > > Marcomanni, Triboci, Vangiones, Nemetes, Sedusii
> > and
> > > Suebi
> > >
> > > Judging by the name, the Triboci, Nemetes and
> > > possibly the Sedusii are
> > > Celtic,
>
> ****GK: According to Tacitus, the Triboci and Nemetes
> were "of undoubted German origin" (Germania, 28)****

By his time, they would be. Good Celtic etymologies exist for these
tribe names, no Germanic ones have bees found.


Triboci:
http://www.celtnet.org.uk/gaulish-tribes.html
Nemetes:
cf Celtic *nemeto- "sacred grove"


Torsten