Re: The other "Venedi" of the Tabula Peutingeriana

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 67892
Date: 2011-07-01

W dniu 2011-07-01 19:59, george knysh pisze:

> ****GK: Did any of the attested IE languages keep that meaning, as far
> as you can tell? Might be interesting to know.

There are some parallel examples of *-eto- adjectives corresponding to
*-e/os- nouns.

> Doesn't sound too
> applicable to this lot:
>
> ""Venedi multum ex moribus [Sarmatorum ]traxerunt; nam quidquid inter
> Peucinos Fennosque silvarum ac montium erigitur latrociniis pererrant."
> Tacitus, Germania, 46)
>
> Unless we think of Soviet style self-evaluations (:=))) *****

Think of "the goodfellas", "la cosa nostra" and "a friend of ours" ;)

Piotr