Re: [tied] Re: When Getae equaled Goths

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> *****GK: Always pleased to be corrected in any
> erroneous assumption(s). I confess that I got my
> information about "Erdely-Ardeal" from Hungarian
> sources. Could you develop your answer a bit? You say
> that "Ardal" is prior to "Erdely", that the second is
> a borrowing from the first, and that the term is
> originally Celtic. What is its meaning in Celtic? When
> would you imagine this territory to have been so
> designated? Ammianus Marcellinus seems to call it
> "Caucalandia": cf. XXXI.4.13.(wr. 392 AD) The Old
> Ukrainian Chronicle still refers to it as surrounded
> by "Caucasian" mountains.(wr. 1113/1116 AD).******

[Moeller]
I dont have ad hoc the records here but I know where to look around. I
rememebr to have read about the ethymology of this word and I will search..
I hope I dont forget it but if in 3 days you dont have the answer from me,
please remind me of it..
Hope my mind is not so fussy and i wont forget you:)))

Best Regards,

A. Moeller


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