From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 19540
Date: 2003-03-03
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From: "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>
To: "alex_lycos" <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 1:11 AM
Subject: Re[2]: [tied] Re: alb. gji
> That's the traditional etymology: <andro+mákhe:> 'men's
> fight'. Vennemann has suggested that it may perhaps be from
> */andera + mak-a/ 'blissful woman', in which the second
> element is connected with Latin <mactus> 'praised,
> celebrated', and the first contains a 'Vasconic' root
> */andera/ 'woman' connected with Basque <and(e)ra> 'señora',
> MIr <aindir, ainder> 'young woman', the second element of
> the Gk name <Kassándra>, and Gk <anthre:ne:> 'forest bee,
> wasp', among others.
Needless to say, it's much safer to believe the traditional etymology ;-)).
Vennemann is a linguist, but not all that a linguist does is linguistics.
Piotr