Re: The Cimmerians

--- 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

I am not a linguist, but might there not be many languages having
mori or similar for "sea" ("mori" given here
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/files/PIE%20roots/PIE%20-%
20English.htm as a PIE root), and mar- for "dead", so how sure is it
that this has to be Celtic ?