Re: The Cimmerians

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...>"
<tgpedersen@...> wrote:

> --- 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?

No answer? Perhaps you don't feel you know enough about it?

>
> Torsten