Re: Paleo-Germanic lexical borrowings in Saami&Finnic, correction

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, george knysh <gknysh@...> wrote:

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> --- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
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> > In short, I think the Germanic language is a product
> > of the Przeworsk
> > or Oder-Warthe group.
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> ****GK: Could you be more precise? Przeworsk develops
> from a fusion between the earlier Pomeranian c. and
> incoming Jastorf groups+ Celtic influences from the
> south.

I just had an idea. Is it possible to align the incoming supposed
Jastorf groups with the Cimbri/Teutonrs grand tour of Europe? I've
long been wondering why the invading Tungri were so interested in the
old Cimbri stronghold of Aduatuca/Tongern.

> The standard view (Jastorf= Germanic) would
> view this as an extension rather than a creation of
> Germanic. How does your theory ... work?****

From a linguist point of view the deepest horizon we can reach in
Germanic itself would be the invasions after the Tungri/Thuringi;
Germanic breaks up at that time. If we want to go further back we must
look at sets of loanwirds as far as I can see.

> (minus Snorri who is of course quite irrelevant)

That's not your call, George. And there's a world outside of cybalist.


Torsten
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