Re: Grimm shift as starting point of "Germanic"

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 54819
Date: 2008-03-07

Yes, but maybe the guy was a dork

--- "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:
>
> ----- 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 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
>
> ===========
>
> Is tall "quick, brave" not more laudative as a name
> ?
>
> Arnaud
>
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>
>
>



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