Re: [tied] etmyology of Germani

So Alex, are you saying that the word "Germani", as applied to the
Tungri and later other Germanic-speaking tribes, whatever it's original
form was, is of Celtic origin?

Or is the word of Germanic origin?

-Michael

On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 09:44:13 +0100 "alex_lycos" <altamix@...>
writes:

> I can give just the info about the meaning of Latin "germanus"
> germanus= brother/sister, descendent from the same parents. The word
> should have mean "akin" too.
> The name should not be connected to the meaning "the originals". The
> word should be Celtic.
> an IE "g" before "er" should not have given in Latin "g".
> Alex
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