Re: That old Odin scenario ...

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, george knysh <gknysh@...> wrote:

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

Ah, your mind is already made up.

> BTW I have suspicions about this explanation time line.

Oh, it isn't after all. Torsten to the rescue.

> 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?****

Actually, I've thought of this explanation:
It is not the Germans that are called mute,
but the mutes are called Germans.
Or rather Nemeti, since that was the closest non-Slavic speaking tribe
to the Slavs at the time.
I was going to check first whether the "mute" word has a proper
etymology in Slavic, since I suspected it didn't. I haven't yet.

> > I don't think I could wish for a better match for my scenario.
>
> ****GK: Explain this to a normal "uncommitted" mind.****

I do that every day to approx 800 of them, but explaining things to
you is almost as funny as watching "2 girls 1 cup" reactions on
YouTube.



Torsten