Re: Arminius/Hermann

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski
<piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:

> 16-04-2004 15:01, tgpedersen wrote:
>
> > Aha. And truncated from?
>
> Something like *sigiz-gastiz > *sigistiz by haplology, for example.
>
> >> That's precisely why I'm sure we have the same initial element

in

> >> Segimerus and Segistes.
> >>
> >
> > Not only Germanic.
>
> No. There are also similar Celtic names, with the Celtic cognate
> *sego(s)- 'victory'. As for the similar "Illyrian" names, we have

really

> no clue what they meant. There is no independent evodence for

connecting

> them with the *seg^H- root. Anyway, the Siggy brothers were

Germanic, so

> if a Germanic etymology is available, it takes precedence over

anything

> more exotic (Ockham).
>

The word "exotic" does not appear in any of the versions of Occam
I've seen. You're just restating the your faith in your way of
seeing it.

Torsten