Re: [tied] PIE word for "people"

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Grzegorz Jagodzinski"
<grzegorj2000@...> wrote:

> > My hypothesis regarding the nomenclature is that a people settled

at Rome,

> > who called each other *ro:m ('adult human'[PCR]), and, collectively
> > *ro:m-a:. When they needed to designate an individual as a member

of the

> > *ro:ma:, they called him/her *ro:ma:-n(o). When they wanted to

specify

> > several *ro:ma:-n(o), they formed a plural *ro:ma:n-i. If there is
> > anything linguistically objectionable to this theorized process, I

would

> > be glad to learn of it.
>
>
> Dear linguists here, what do you think on this etymology? Does it sound
> probable? Is it science or true fiction?

It doesn't seem impossible - English place names like Worthing, which
are basically clan names, do exist. Pure speculation seems a better
description.

Richard.