Re: Grimm shift as starting point of "Germanic"

--- "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:

The obvious conclusion is

> that the Bastarnae who settled in Moldavia and
> surrounding areas ca. 200 BCE (or a little earlier
> if
> the Sciri were a component)were already
> Germanic-speaking when they arrived.
> George
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> Where did they arrive from ??
> Arnaud
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> There is no place for them in Southern Baltic.
> This place is already overcrowded
> with Celtic, Baltic and Finno-Sabme speakers.
> Arnaud
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****GK: The Bastarnae are associated with the elements
of the Jastorf culture which arrived in Moldavia and
some adjoining territories in the course of the 3rd c.
BCE. Check out Jastorf here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jastorf_culture

That's the area they're supposed to have migrated
from.
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