Re: [tied] Danes, Jutes, etc.

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From: Dennis Poulter

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Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 2:51 AM

Subject: Re: [tied]

 

 

OE Dene (Gen.pl. Deni(g)a [older] or Dena [analogical]) < *dan-i- is of course the same word as "Dane". I've never seen a convincing etymology.

 

Piotr

 

Dennis wrote:

I remember seeing in Rick McCallister's postulated Germanic substrate page
(which I don't seem to be able to access anymore) that Dane could be related to English dene, for which he could supply no etymology. May I suggest Semitic /dny/ "low". I only hazard this since Rick McCallister offers some Semitic etymologies in his web page, although I have no idea how and when Semitic loans could have been incorporated into Germanic.