Re: [tied] Re: Ardagast/Radogost

OHG Ge:rberaht (Gerbert), Ge:rbald (Italian Garibaldi), Ge:rwalt (Gerald) OE
Ga:rwin, Ga:rwig (Garry, Gary), Ga:rweald (Gerald), ON Geirrödr

Joao SL

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From: Piotr Gasiorowski <piotr.gasiorowski@...>
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> > Doesn't Tacitus call "spear" other way? I think now at the word used by
> > Tacitus: framee
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> <framea>, to be precise. However, the generic word for 'spear' was *gaiza-
(OE ga:r, ON geirr), related to Celtic *gaiso- (hence Lat. gaesum and Gk.
gaison, both borrowed from Gaulish). It was a popular onomastic element.
There are numerous Germanic names with *-gaiza- (= Eng. -gar) as the second
component, and quite a few beginning with it.
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