--- Piotr Gasiorowski <
gpiotr@...> wrote:
> This is circular, isn't it, as far as <Dirmar> is
> concerned,
*****GK: Circular in what sense? I don't understand
the point.******
(PG)and since the name <Itimari> is equally
> opaque (and potentially garbled there is no ground
> for extracting an ethnonymic suffix from either. Has
> anyone reconstructed Iranian *mar- 'men, people'?
*****GK: Apparently Tomaschek and Markwart. I haven't
read their reasoning, but Maenchen-Helfen never "cites
in vain" as far as I can detect, and never hides
criticism of any opinion.For what it's worth he
presents "mar" as "men" (plural). His work was
published posthumously (he died in 1969). What this
tells me is that at least until that time no one had
refuted this particular contention. And since you're
pretty up to date and don't really know of anything
anyone might have written to the contrary then I see
no reason at this time to reject M.H. and his
sources.*******
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