Re: [tied] Re: Celts/Gauls

--- guto rhys <gutorhys@...> wrote:

> The superficial similarity of Cimmerians and Cymry
> is
> not to be taken as indicating a link.'Cymry/Kymry is
> a
> medieval form. 'Cimmerians' is centuries and
> centuries
> earlier. 'Cimbri' would not relate closely to the
> reliably reconstructed form for Welsh Kymry -
> *combrogi
>
> They are believed to be unrelated forms.I thought
> that
> Chris Gwynn put that myth to rest a long time ago on
> this group.

*****GK: A lot of myths were put to rest a long time
ago, yes, on this very list. But what can you do when
someone's fantasy just won't accept this? I believe
that T. was more or less ordered to stop foisting his
relentless Odin hallucinations on us. Yet here we are
again...*****


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