Is not strange :
* Atuatuci Name froma Ad-Uatuka = Tongres = The Prophecie place
Uati = soothsayer
* Nerui = The spring (jump)-man
see the aquatic god Neris from Néris town in France = god of "gushing spring"
* Menapi is a problem
i think is germanic word = the water-man
Men-api
prefix Men like
Ala-man = all man = the confereation
Marko-man = the borderman
Pae-man = ?
so Men-api like api-man if api = ab/ap- = water
menapi tribe lived front of the see like the celtic neighbor the "Morini" so Men-api = waterman
or they lived in marsh area so the marsh-man
I think Meni = mountain is not correct, the menapi tribe lived in Holland (flat-land)
others possibily :
Men-apii = the
thieves-man
the IE root -Ap in IE = to take to hold to seize
Latin Habere = to have and Latin R-apere = to take quickly
Sanskrit Ap-noti = he reaches
Hittite Ep-mi = He takes
or Men-napii the thieves man too
IE Nakw = thief
Old english Napand = eager = english Nap/Nab in Kidnap and Nip/Nipper
Norse Nappe Suedish Nappa to solen
Germain Schnapphahn (< French Chenapan = Thief)
Tchek Naèapat to collect to gather
Latin Nancisci (To reach)/ Grec Nike = Victory
and last
the Menapii = the tribe from Moeno river = the Main but i think is not correc
see my work here
"fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...> a écrit :
What is the standard explanation for these tribes' name ?
Menapi
Nervi
Atuatuci
The last one looks especially strange, isn't it ?
A.F
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