Re: Grimm shift as starting point of "Germanic"

And what is the Germanic equivalent to <katina>?

What is it in Latin? You do not mean <cate:na> do you?


Patrick

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> > ****GK: So Grimm, unique vocabulary items, grammatical
> > and syntactical divergences, are all "indisputable
> > data" and there is no certainty in the timing of any
> > of these?****
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> In my opinion, only the Grimm changes are "indisputable data".
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> The only data that could really solve the question of timing, written
> records, is absent so I believe timing will always be a low probability
> guesstimate.
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> Patrick
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> Looking at the Latin wanderword katina "kettle"
> widespread in Slavic and Germanic
> and which managed to reach even Mordvin !!
> as kädgä < katika.
> It's quite clear that the typical Germanic
> Lautverschiebung was completely finished
> when proto-Germanic or Germanic languages
> got in contact with the
> Roman empire.
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