Re: Grimm shift as starting point of "Germanic"

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

> We can't
> prove to the satisfaction of protervientes like
> Torsten that Clondic, Cotto, and Talto were Germanic
> names.

Talto can be compared with OE tealt 'unsteady' (Mod.E tilt is
related). Adjectives with weak inflectional endings often served as
monothematic names.

Piotr