Re: [tied] Re: A "Germanic" query

--- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@..., "caraculiambro" <gpiotr@...>

(wrote that if "Heruli" and *erilaz are cognates,
then)
the <h-> is parasitic, as in

> "Hermanaric" =
> > Ermana-ri:ks or "Hermunduri" with the same
> intensive prefix. The
> > occurrence of such prothetic aitches in Germanic
> names cited by
> > Classical sources is a reflection the fact that
> late Latin
> > orthographic <h-> was already mute.
> >
> > Piotr
> >
> Torsten

*****GK: I suppose that Ammianus' "Halani" for "Alani"
would also be parasitic.*****


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