Re: Namnètes tribe etymology

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel J. Milton" <dmilt1896@...>
wrote:

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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Cuadrado" <dicoceltique@> wrote:
> >
> > hello
> > have you got some idea to etymology of Namnètes tribe = Nantes

France

> > 1 - Namnt- from Nant- = valley ?
> > 2 - Namn- from IE Nam-/Nem- = to take ? < merchant/Dealer ?
> > 3 - Namn from IE Nem- = To curve (but Loire river is not curved)
> > i think is different with Nantuates tribe and Germanic tribe

Némètes

> >
> *******
> Maybe *nemos "grove" (with reflexes in Celtic, Germanic, Italic,

and

> Greek)?
> Dan

I think that *nemos 'holy grove' has changed its meaning in Greek and
Albanian, denoting 'pasture'. Very characteristic are oronyms
Bjeshkët e Nemuna 'Pastures' Mountains' in Dardania and Mali i Nëmër-
çkës 'Pasture's Mountain' in Albania, first one calqued into Serbian
as Prokletije 'Cursed Mountains', for in Gheg dialect i namun with
umlauted form i nemun, means also 'cursed'. Furthermore, the
mountains Bjeshkët e Nemuna are very famous for their pastures.

Konushevci