Re: Germanic Scythians?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski
<piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:

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> From: "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
> To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 11:55 AM
> Subject: [tied] Re: Germanic Scythians?
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> > Please walk me through this. Later German Doryng- etc must be

derived from Proto-Germanic *þuring-, right?

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> OK.
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> > Pre-Grimm that would have been *turing-, or?
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> Aye, there's the rub. It wouldn't have been *turing-, and if you

want to see why, please take a book that discusses Grimm's Law and
refresh your memory.

>
> Piotr

All right. A hypothetical *turing- gives PGmc. *þurinx-/*þuring- (by
Verner), yes? If the *-ing- offends you, let's note it's Germanic and
concentrate on *þur-

Torsten