Re: Vanir,etc.

From: Michael Smith
Message: 29516
Date: 2004-01-13

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Marco Moretti"
<marcomoretti69@...> wrote:
>
> > I think Herodotus mentioned some campaign in the Caucasus where
> they
> > had to bring 100 interpreters. Ubykh recently died out. How do
you
> > know that there are not cognates from a lost Caucasian language
in
> > Germanic?
>
> I remember 150 interpreters. But you must know that North Caucasian
> lanugages are not related with Kartelian. Ubykh is a North West
> Caucasian language....

Maybe there's a connection for Toresten's scenario if a small group
of NW Caucasian speaking Hatti migrated to Germany to give their name
and come down to Roman times as the Chatti. :)
But maybe not

-Michael
> Marco