Explain the deal with Tournai/Doornik
Wouldn't Grimm yield the opposite dentals?
Why Germanic /d/ and non-Gmc /t/.
Wouldn't /Þornik/ be expected?
And the /k/ of Doornik, wouldn't one expect /-g/ in
non-Gmc?
Why not *Tournaigue?
Or why not Doornik if we're looking at Tournais <
*tornaih?
--- tgpedersen <
tgpedersen@...> wrote:
. . .
> It was active
> when the Germani arrived in present Belgium, since
> we Tournai/Doornik etc.
>
. . .
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