Fwd: Re: [gothic-l] Fwd: Re: [tied] Harii/Hirri into (H)eruli?

A cross posting. What do you think of Troels Brandt'se
idea that "Heruli" came from "Harii" via Sarmatians or
Greeks?

> > >
> > > --- "Troels Brandt <trbrandt@...>"
> > > <trbrandt@...> wrote:
> > > > However a Harii/ErilaR connection is not
> > excluded by
> > > > the above [the "above" is the Gmc analysis of

Harii and Eruli GK]

> > >
> > > *****GK: But if Harii comes from *xarja and
> ErilaR
> > > (and Herul) from *erlaz, how do you establish
> the
> > > connection Harii/Heruli?****
> >
> >(Troels) I do not imagine that all the connections

I am not

> > able to explain
> > should be excluded.
> >
> > The "-ila" suffix was by the way only one of my
> > suggestions. The
> > meeting between Harii and Alanic Sarmatians was
> > another and with the
> > Greeks a third. In such cases I do not believe
> that
> > the system with
> > the reconstructed rules and *words will work.
>
> *****GK Well, might as well go all the way here.
> Piotr
> Gasiorowski happens to be a fabulous interpreter of
> Iranic and Greek (and Miguel Carrasquer is no slouch
> either.) I'm going to ask them what they think of
> the
> possibility that it is the Greeks or Sarmatians who
> turned "Harii" into "Heruli". Back to you
> shortly.****
> >
> > Troels
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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