God-fearing ktistai

From: Torsten
Message: 67468
Date: 2011-05-04

> The Cimbri I believe now to be Jastorf and the Jastorf element in
> Przeworsk.
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/66719
> and the thread following. Result:
> Sciri = Cimbri "the pure, real ones" (or "the sexually abstinent
> ones, those who don't whore around", cf ktistai?) cf. Slavic čist-
> "pure". Pekkanen has already suggested that 'Germani' is a loan
> translation of 'Sciri', ie. also "the real ones".

And the word, mysteriously, seems to be connected to the god-fearers:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/66786
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfearers
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/66683


Torsten