Re: Grimm shift as starting point of "Germanic"

Tell that to Charles the Fat.


Patrick

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From: "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
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Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Grimm shift as starting point of "Germanic"


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Piotr Gasiorowski
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 2:22 AM
> Subject: [Courrier indésirable] [tied] Re: Grimm shift as starting point
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> "Germanic"
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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, george knysh <gknysh@...> wrote:
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> > 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
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> Is tall "quick, brave" not more laudative as a name ?
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> Arnaud
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