Re: Origin of *marko- Margus murg ma'rgas amurg

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

>
> 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
>

Piotr, Don't hurry to your previous conclusions because the surprises
will arrive...

I never linked Marcomanni with *marxa even I suspect/think that both
means horse....

I prefer to stay first on the Marcomanni because you skip from one
thing to another arriving again to the Grimm Law (where I agree in
fact with everything you said)

Marius