From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 56454
Date: 2008-04-02
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From: tgpedersen
> What opaque words do we know from Chatti ?
I cite from
Kuhn: Chatti und Mattium, die langen Tenues des Altgermanischen:
Chatti (also Catti, later Hessen), their capital Mattium (now Maden),
the town of Metze, the brook it's at Metzoff/Matzoff, the subtribe
Chatt-uarii, later Hattuaria / Hatteron, Mattiaci, aquae Mattiacae,
many town and field names in Hesse in Metz-, the personal names Arpus,
Flanallus, Lives, Ramis, Gandestrius or Adgandestrius, Catu- or
Actu-merus and Ucro-mirus, etc.
Torsten
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Catti points at *ka?-t-
Pok 521 has the alternating root
skait skaid "bright"
the Catti are the bright ones.
This another example of my proposal
Celtic ka?-t > katt- bright
Lituanian skaidrus < *ska?-i-tr
Matt river points at *ma?-t- "water"
Cf. PAA *ma?- "water"
aquae mattiacae is watery waters.
Standard Celtic.
Arnaud
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