Re: [tied] Re: IRMIN

I thought you had a BA in linguistics. The _later_ Germanic languages had palatal umlaut in *xarja-. Check things like OE heremann-, OHG herimann-, or ON hermaðr (-mann-) 'warrior', hermannligr 'gallant, warrior-like'.

http://www.midhnottsol.org/zoega/196.html

Piotr

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From: tgpedersen

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Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 4:52 PM

Subject: [tied] Re: IRMIN

> Don't blame me for the Langobards' illiteracy in their own language. We only have the Latin form, hence the asterisk. *xarja- mann- is independently attested in Germanic Imagine that I should experience seeing an attested asterisked form. The only attested example I can think of is Averell Harriman, and that's rather late.