Re: That old Odin scenario ...

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

> At the time of the Slavic settling in the 6th
> century the name of the
> settlement arose from the word Ne^mci (Mutes,
> Strangers) for the
> Germani living here

****GK: So what is wrong with that? It has nothing
whatever to do with Ariovistus or the Nemetes of 58
BCE ...BTW I have suspicions about this explanation
time line. Do you know why the Slavs chose to call the
Germanics "mutes" at that time, rather than other
non-S. ethna (take your pick:
Balts,Veneti,Iranics,Finns,Greeks,Romans,Thracians
etc.), or at another time?****

> I don't think I could wish for a better match for my
> scenario.

****GK: Explain this to a normal "uncommitted"
mind.****

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http://www.springerlink.com/content/c3ht013txp686v71/

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> > P.S. I shall no longer bother with
> truncations...
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> I wonder what that means?

****GK: That I can't be bothered to repaste truncated
messages.****

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> Torsten
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