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From: tgpedersen
tgpedersen@...
> > BTW norsk "Norwegian" is supposedly from ON norðrænn, which goes
> > back to ON norð-r "north", which contains the root *nr.- "down,
> > below", which doesn't make much sense.
> >
> > Now consider this proposal:
*nor-ter- > norther- "at the Nori"
*ost-ter- > easter- "at the Aestii"
*we(n)s-ter- > wester- "at the Wends"
*su:-ter- > souther- "at the Sueui"
> > which might have made sense seen from Denmark at some time.
> > Comments?
Torsten
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If you like creative linguistics, I suggest this counter-proposal.
The Germanics (Indo-Europeans) face the East hence :
right hand is south *su:ter
left hand is north *norter
Now
Chinese face the South hence :
right hand is west : xi1 < *sit or maybe delabialised *sut
left hand is east : dong1 < *nortong with regular oxytone
Who has better in store ?
Arnaud