Re: Grimm shift as starting point of "Germanic"

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 54914
Date: 2008-03-09

So, he has a Campbell < cam beul, no wonder. They're
called the "Scum of Scotland" for selling out to the
Sassanach.
Then there's the Cameron , cam sron "broken noses"


--- Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> On 2008-03-09 10:35, tgpedersen wrote:
>
> > Or Bolesl/aw Krzywousty? (Beside the fact that
> Harald ended with an
> > arrow up his butt).
>
> Right; he was 'Wrymouth' (with a possible allusion
> to perjury). Another
> Polish king was Wl/adys/aw L/okietek, whose nickname
> (OPol. l/oktek,
> diminutive of 'ell') described his unimpressive
> height (as in the case
> of Pépin le Bref).
>
> Piotr
>
>



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