Re: Origin of *marko- Margus murg ma'rgas amurg

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

>
> alexandru_mg3 pisze:
>
> > Shortly: the o in Marco is not Germanic
>
> A silly argument, just showing how little you know about these things.
> When Germanic compound names were Latinised, the "linking" thematic
> vowel of the first member was substituted by -o- almost invariably, as
> in Theodoricus < *þeuda-ri:k-, Odoacer/Odovacar < *auþða-wakra-, and

so

> on, and so forth. The same in tribal names: would you say that the -o-

> in <Langobardi> is not Germanic?
>
> Piotr

Piotr, I don't know who is the silly one here

We have to other attested towns :

ONE IN DACIAN :
Marcodava

ANOTHER IN CELTIC:
Marcodurum

AND

A GERMANIC TRIBE
Marcommani

ALL THESE WERE LATINIZED changing an o- in the middle with an a- ?


SO PLEASE BE SERIOUS HERE....

Marius