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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Torsten" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
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>
> Check out
> http://tinyurl.com/lhxld7
> pp. 11-14
> on Frankish origins.
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> I think it is remarkable that all the armies on the border to Germania rebelled at the death of Augustus. Was the Sarmatization of the weapons and organization of the Roman army on the Limes also a Sarmatization in terms of personnel? That would make sense of the Frankish chroniclers' claim of a journey from (Yazygian) Pannonia; they moved as troops within the Roman standing army on the Limes.
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Pokorny:
'b. Adj. pero-s ,ferner':
ai. pára-h ,ferner, jenseitig, Feind; früher; später',
Superl. paramá-h. ,fernster, letzter, bester',
av. ap. para- ,ulterior, der andere, spätere, künftige',
para-tara- ,Feind';
ai. paráh. (Nom. Sg. m. mit adv. Endbetonung) Präp.
m. Akk. ,über hinaus',
mit Abl. ,fern von',
mit Instr. ,jenseits von',
selten adverbal =
av. paro: Präp. m. Akk. ,außer abgesehen von';
ai. pára:, av. para (Instr. Sg.) adverbal ,fort, weg, zur Seite';
ai. paré: (Lok. Sg.) ,darauf, fernerhin';
ai. param (Nom. Akk. Sg. n. = osk. perum)
,hinaus über, jenseits, nach', Präp. mit Abl.;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farang
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farangi
I was wondering if perhaps it's the other way round, that the *frank- word is originally Iranian (Yazygian)?
Torsten