Re: The Cimmerians

From: tgpedersen
Message: 18790
Date: 2003-02-13

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "CG <sonno3@...>" <sonno3@...>
wrote:
> > Yes:-)
> > for instance " the dead Sea" was called in cimmerian "Mori-marusa"
>
> Umm...if I am not mistaken, Morimarusa was ascribed to the Cimbri,
> and _not_ the Cimmerians! It is quite apparently a Celtic word
> (mori "sea", maruo- "dead").
>
> - Chris Gwinn

Does that make them Celtic-speaking? Where would you place the home
of the Cimbri on the map?

Torsten

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