[tied] Re: Fw: Celts

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Michael J Smith <lookwhoscross-
eyednow@...> wrote:

> Hi Torsten, you wrote:
>
> On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 09:48:40 -0000 "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
> writes:
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Michael J Smith <lookwhoscross-
> > eyednow@...> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > --------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: "Richard" <dayyanilim@...>
>
> > >Apart from this, there was a
> > > tribe called Germani in Andalusia, as you mentioned, as well as

an

> >
> > > Iranian tribe of the same name as attested by Herodotus. These

two

> >
> > > instances of Germani are definitely tribal appellations.
> > And perhaps the latter shows where the name of the Germani came
> > from:
> > they were (initially) led by Iranian speakers.
>
> Although, Torsten, someone on the ABH group said this was a False
> Etymological Method, and that the Germani mentioned by Herodotus in
> Persia is the same as Kirmani.

One should very careful about False Etymological Method. It is often
used in linguistic discussions, especially by other people. It is a
sin related to Thought Crime.
Now suppose that all three words designated the same ethnic group,
and the Iranian elite of the Germani was originally Kirmani.

>
> But who knows what to make of all this?
> -Michael

Some do.
Torsten