Re: DEMETAE - DOBUNNI - DUMNONII = THE sunburnt man/tanned man ?

Maybe name Demetae can be related to Lithuanian word DEMETAS,
meaning DAPPLED, SPOTTED?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, patrick cuadrado <dicoceltique@...>
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> Hello
> In Celtic we'got somes britain tribes called
> Demetae
> Dobunni
> Dumonii
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> all living in S.O England (Walls/Cornouailles)
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> Can name's tribe come from same root
> IE Dhem/Dhum- = DARK/SMOKE
> Old irish Deim 
> Old English Dimm/English Dim .
> connecting with IE Dhub(n) = BLACK/GLOOMY
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> regarding to climate = Fog/smoke/mist ?
> or regarding to an etnic specificity distinction ?
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> i remember the words of Tacite from Agricola speaking about Silures

Tribe (neighbours form Demetae/Dobunni and Dumnonii) :

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> the swarthy faces of the Silures, the curly quality, in general, of

their hair, and the position of Spain opposite their shores, attest
the passage of Iberians in old days and the occupation by them of
these districts; ..." (Tacitus Annales Xi.ii)

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