Re: [tied] Re: Urartu.

Sorry, Joseph, but you have a tendency to misspell all these ancient names. If spelt correctly, they instantly appear far less similar. The Germanic "spear" root is *gais- (OE ga:r). Beowulf's countrymen were the Geats (OE Ge:at < *gaut- = Scandinavian Gaut-). The similarity's all gone. The Pontic names you mention end in -getae (i.e. Greek pl. -getai, not -geate), and even if you _could_ extract a *-get- element from them (e.g. by insisting, rather speculatively, that they were a branch of the Getae, i.e. related to the Dacians), it would not be either similar nor historically comparable to either of the Germanic elements.

Piotr

----- Original Message -----
From: Joseph S Crary

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Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 12:08 AM

Subject: [tied] Re: Urartu.

I recently found information on the Gaete and/or Tyran-Gaete. A tribal confederation that primarily occupied the region between the Deniester and Danube. It seems everyone classifies them as everything. At times called Thracian, at others called Scythian. I just noticed they occupied the area the Kimmer were last reported. I'm wondering if they may have been one of the tribal groups that made up Kimmeria? Also Gaete appears similar to gais- gai-, gae- tae as in Gaestae-spearmen. Just found this interesting as Beowulf is called a Gaete who are also called Spear-Danes with the whole Cimbrae, Kimmer, Himmer thing.