Re: Non-Indo-European in Germanic

From: wtsdv
Message: 27887
Date: 2003-12-01

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "studey22" <lookwhoscross-
eyednow@...> wrote:
>
> A problem with proposing a Cimmeri-Cimbri connection- mb must
> precede mm, which is probably why Strabo and Poseidonius suggested
> the Cimmeri came from the Cimbri, migrating eastwards, as they must
> have been aware that this phonetic phenomenon was unlikely,

How could they have been aware of that?

David