Tungri

> Tacitus: Germania
> 2.3
> "
> ...
> futhermore the name Germania is supposedly of rather recent origin
> and only come into use recently, since the first to cross the Rhine
> and drive away the Galli, and now <are called> |Tungri|, then were

named

> Germani. Thus it appears to be the name of an area (and not a

nation)

> which has gradually come into use thus, that they all at first were
> called Germani by the name-giver |out of fear|, and then they also
> called themselves Germani, when the name had been invented.
> "
>

Assuming n + g was already then the velar nasal <ng> (damn ASCII),
one might assume metathesis <r><ng> -> <ng><r>, ie. the Tungri are
Turingi (Tur- people?, Tor- people?). This would be nice since I want
Turingia to be the place "Odin" set up his state in Germania. Later,
when more, originally Celtic-speaking east-of-the Rhine tribes have
come under their sway, the Romans (to their dismay) discover that
there are even more "Germanic" (ie. Germanic-speaking) tribes.
Procopius writes of strife in Germania between Germanoi, Thuringians
and Goths. The Goths here are documented to be late-comers. Maybe the
Germanoi are here the Franks, recently immigrated from Pannonia?
Fighting against the original Odin-confederation in Germania?

Torsten