Re: Grimm shift as starting point of "Germanic"

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

>
> On 2008-03-07 19:17, Rick McCallister wrote:
>
> > Yes, but maybe the guy was a dork
>
> Personal names of adjectival origin are not always complimentary. Cf.
> Gk. Strábo:n from <strábos> 'squinting', ON Ill(h)ugi 'malicious,
> ill-natured', Lat. Claudius from <claudus> 'lame', etc.
>
> Even epithets given to kigs and heroes aren't always nice. Poor Harald
> Blåtand!
>

Or Bolesl/aw Krzywousty? (Beside the fact that Harald ended with an
arrow up his butt).


Torsten