Re: Flash Gordion

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 1122
Date: 2000-01-24

 
----- Original Message -----
From: Glen Gordon
To: cybalist@egroups.com
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 5:42 PM
Subject: [cybalist] Re: Odp: Town and Fence

Glen puns: -- Cool, so piecing together these etymological tidbits might bring me closer 
to my ancestors. Thus *gelem ghordom. Of course! I'm a frozen enclosure! 
Thank Piotr. ;)
This reminds me of another celebrated example of *ghordh- meaning 'city' -- Gordium (Gordion), the capital of ancient Phrygia, an ideal place for tying the knot.
 
I don't know who your ancestors were, but you're entirely etymologisable within (Brythonic) Celtic. Glyn Gordin is Valley Hightown (somewhat oxymoronic). The din part is the *du:num we were discussing just now.
 
Piotr