Re: Res: [tied] Romance brother

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Carl Hult <datalampa@...> wrote:

>
> Excuse me for barging in like this, but have you considered the name
> Hermann in this? I know it's a long shot but the name Hermann and
> the word germanus have similar properties

Which are?

> and since the romans thought of the germanic tribes as being what
> the name Hermann means,

I don't think we have any records if what the Romans thought the name
Hermann meant, or that they were aware it existed.

> namely army of men,

The other way around, man of army, *harja-mannaz

>it's not that far away as a theory.

Erh, it is.


Torsten