Re: [tied] Re: Pre-Germanic speculation

At 4:44:27 AM on Friday, October 31, 2003, Marco Moretti wrote:

> <piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:

>> I have no particular interest in Samsø; the name is
>> etymologically obscure to me for reasons that have
>> nothing to do with its IE or non-IE character (I only
>> know its modern form, which is too short and too
>> uncharacteristic to be of much use). It doesn't look
>> non-Germanic at all, but I have already explaind my
>> reasons for not speculating about it. I fail to see why
>> it should be CLEARLY non-IE.

> It is clearly non-IE as many other toponyms for this
> simple reason: It cannot be found any matchup with an IE
> root that works.

Faulty logic: you assume a complete knowledge of IE roots.

Brian