Re: Vandals

> > Gambrivii - likely related to Old High German gambar "vigorous".
>
> And the Germanic and IE cognates are?

Ummm...didn't I just give you one (OHD gambar)?

See the following article for more info, including etymological
speculation:
http://books.google.com/books?
id=mjnpsC6Lq4QC&pg=PA407&lpg=PA407&dq=gambar,+gambrivii&source=web&ots
=XKEG8QCNln&sig=T1_UBzubG5Ww3AOq1R0WX5KeJvI&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&
resnum=4&ct=result

> > Suevi is supposed to be a derivative of the Germanic root *swe-
> > denoting kinship, this is related to OHG swio, geswio "brother in
> > law" (sister's husband). O. Szemeryeni suggested that Suebi
> > represents a Germanic development of PIE *swe-bhu:- "growth,
> > offspring, belonging to the joint family clan" ("Studies in the
> > Kinship Terminology of the Indo European Languagess"; 1977; p.

46).

>
> The -w-/-b- alternation presents an unexplained problem. It seem to
> connected to the Veneti (see earlier posts).

It was not uncommon for -v- and -b- to be confused in Latin texts.

> > Vandilii seems like it is derived from Gmnc *wandiloz "wanderer".
>
> Supposedly connected to PIE *wendh-. The -a-, like that of Vandili,

is

> unexplained.

According to whom?

- Chris Gwinn