Re: [tied] Daci

I've seen this explaned as confusion between Dane and Dutch

At 9/28/2001 10:08 AM +0000, you wrote:

>In Trajan's time, I suppose the Daci were {dac^i} (or, locally,
>perhaps even {datsi}?). Several medieval writers (e.g. Dudo) equate
>them with the Danes. This is of course not so etc. etc.,
>although "Odin" must have passed close by them.
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>But how do you explain Russian {datskij} "Danish",
>{datc^anin} "Dane"?
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