Re[2]: [tied] Not "catching the wind " , or, what ARE we discussi

At 4:47:58 PM on Wednesday, April 2, 2008, tgpedersen wrote:

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> I cite from Kuhn: Chatti und Mattium, die langen Tenues
> des Altgermanischen:

> Chatti (also Catti, later Hessen), their capital Mattium
> (now Maden), the town of Metze, the brook it's at
> Metzoff/Matzoff, the subtribe Chatt-uarii, later Hattuaria
> / Hatteron, Mattiaci, aquae Mattiacae, many town and field
> names in Hesse in Metz-, the personal names Arpus,
> Flanallus, Lives, Ramis, Gandestrius or Adgandestrius,
> Catu- or Actu-merus and Ucro-mirus, etc.

> In AngloSaxon we find the personal names Pælli, Pede,
> Peuf, Pleil, Piott, Ploesa, Podda, Puh and Puttoc (note,
> Brian: p- and geminate), obviously part of the ssame
> ethnic admixture.

It's not at all obvious to me, and I'm not saying that
reflexively or just to be difficult.

Brian