From: Torsten
Message: 65558
Date: 2009-12-27
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Torsten" <tgpedersen@> wrote:On a tangent: preserved *k- in
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Torsten" <tgpedersen@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > One objection raised by scholars to the connection between
> > > > <Cimbri> and <Himmerland> is that no variants *Chimbri or
> > > > *Himbri are known, casting doubt on a Gmc. /x/ in the ancient
> > > > name. This can be easily explained by the establishment of
> > > > the form <Kímbroi> already in Philemon's time. Unlike the
> > > > Chatti, Chamavi, Hermunduri, Harudes, etc., there was no
> > > > novelty with the Cimbrian tribe, and the old name stuck, no
> > > > matter how the Germans were pronouncing it in Caesar's time
> > > > and later.