Re: Res: Res: [tied] Origin of *marko- (was: Hachmann versus Kossack

From: tgpedersen
Message: 57310
Date: 2008-04-15

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:
>
> On 2008-04-14 20:57, Joao S. Lopes wrote:
>
> > If there's no such cognate in Eastern Europe (at least NE Eurpe),
> > Celts-German picked this word from where?
>
> And why should this Celto-Germanic *marko- have to be connected with
> <mori> etc.? A vague similarity involving short words with commonly
> occurring consonants is hardly compelling.

Hunnic loan?


Torsten