alexandru_mg3 pisze:
> IF Greek BECAME Kre:ks in Gothic
> a loan marG(u)- WOULD-GIVE marK- > Marco-manni, isn't it?
>
> (see ALSO the clusters gr/rg <-> kr/rk)
>
> Of course I ignore 'exceptionally'
Surely. Of course the Germani could also have borrowed something like
*margo- before the last stage of Grimm's Law, in which case it would
have become *marka- in their language (just as Celt. *ri:g- became Gmc.
*ri:k-). The one little thing you've forgotten again (or never
understood in the first place despite my attempts to hammer it home) is
the Germanic 'horse' word, which is *marxa-, not +marka-, ruling out an
etymological connection between the Marcomanni (not +Marchomanni,
+Marahomanni or anything similar) and horses. And so round and round we
go. I had better leave this thread until you understand how Grimm's Law
worked (that is, probably, forever).
Piotr