From: Torsten Pedersen
Message: 5441
Date: 2001-01-12
>Now you got me curious. What are those insuperable chronological
> As regards the possibility that Cumbri = Cimbri =
> Cimmerians -- since Torsten has enquired, I don't think
> there is the remotest possibility that the Cimmerians could
> be thrown in for good measure. There are insuperable
> chronological problems. The Kimmerioi (Akkadian Gimirraia)
> are known from the 8th c. BC. The phonetic similarity
> between Kimmeri- and Cymru can only be coincidental.
>
> Piotr
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