Re: [tied] Goths: IE Languages vs Germanic

> The Cotini, even more shamefully, also mine iron ore."
>
> > An iron-working people then. *gHeu-d- > *kot-? But that's not
> Celtic,
> > of course. Still, it's tempting (postulating a local "east

Celtic"

> > development of stops). But then, as for gH > k and d > t, these
> > diverse developments present problems too. And there are probably
> > other "east Celtic" material that speaks againt it.
> > BTW, why is this iron-mining so shameful? One explanation: With

the

> > technology then, the work is similar to that of the charcoal-
> burners,
> > which was a shameful profession also in recent times.
> >
>
> I just came across Breton Koad/Coet 'hill'. Hm!
>

I am glad you came across this, Torsten - too bad Koad/Coet are from
a completely different root (PIE *kaito- "forest")! The Breton words
also mean "woods/forest" and not "hill"!
Would you please go out and get yourself some etymological
dictionaries?

- Chris Gwinn