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

--- alexandru_mg3 <alexandru_mg3@...> wrote:

> --- 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

He's pointing out to you that Marcomanni may not be
related to the other two



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