Re: [tied] Re: IRMIN

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 13645
Date: 2002-05-06

And this *-tu:r- part appears as <-duri> (short <u>), <-doroi> in ancient sources. Some kind of folk etymology, I presume.
 
Piotr
 
 
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From: tgpedersen
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Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 1:20 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: IRMIN


> 60BCE They set up camp in Thuringia as *erman-e-tu:r > <Hermundur-> (in my best Tauric, assuming this was an Iranic language) "Tu:r followers", which name, translated into Germanic, becomes <Tu:r-ing->.