Re: [tied] Daci

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 9821
Date: 2001-09-28

Combined with nasal dissimilation? *danc^anin > datc^anin (influencing datskij)?
 
Piotr
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrei Markine
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 12:19 PM
Subject: 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.
>
>But how do you explain Russian {datskij} "Danish",
>{datc^anin} "Dane"?
>
>Torsten