Re: [tied]

Christopher Gwinn wrote:

> >Regarding the latter two, I had a history teacher in High School who
> >asserted that "Teutones" was a Latin attempt to say "Deutchen".
> >Cymri looks very like Cymru (Welsh = fellow countryman") very like
> >what Piotr wrote
>
> That is a false friend, however. Cymru is a lModern Welsh form, stemming
> from a Late Brythonic *Combrog(i)a "land of the compatriots" (KOM- + MReG-).
>
> Cimbri may come from the same root which gives OIr. Cimbid "prisoner" and
> may mean "takers" or "possessors."
>
> -C. Gwinn
>

Chris,
In his book "The Germanic People" Francis Owen suggests these pronunciations
for the Cimbri and Teutones: Ximbroz and Theudonez. The versions were familiar
with are the Latin/Celtic interpretations of the names. Can anyone help me with
a possible meaning of Ximbroz?
Thanks,
Steve