Re: Torsten's theory reviewed

--- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>
> This one you won't like:
>
> An attempt on an etymology foe Ariovist:
>
> PGmc. *xarja-gastiz ->
> Suebian *xérj&Gest- ->
> through an Gaulish-Latin interpreter (Ariovist spoke
> Gaulish, Caesar
> spoke no Gaulish)

****GK: Ariovist could not have had a German-Latin
interpreter? Just wondering.****

> *arjo-wist- (interpreter identifies the unknown
> *xerj&- with Celtic
> *arjo- "noble", replaces unknown (to him) -G- with
> -w-)
>
> cf.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_names_of_Odin
>
> Sigh. I must be a masochist.
>
>
> Torsten

****GK: Here's one that's more sadistic:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariovistus

****

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