Re: etruscan

From: Torsten Pedersen
Message: 5462
Date: 2001-01-13

--- In cybalist@egroups.com, "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> Quite simply, at the time the Cimmerians existed, the Celtic
protoform of Cymry, Cumbri etc. didn't yet sound like "Kimmer-" at
all. You can't directly compare similar-sounding names that are
several centuries apart, ignoring the effects of language change.
>
> Piotr
>
Obviously true, if the consensus is that word is Celtic. If so, is
this why some are convinced "Cimbri" is Celtic too?

Torsten