Re: Pekkanen on Bastarnae

Am 05.05.2011 18:43, schrieb george knysh:

> However, the Scordisci are by some called
> "Scordistae"; and the Taurisci are called also "Ligurisci"
> and "Tauristae."

huh? Don't tell me that the change/alternance of "sci" to "ste" was
already made by "some" in the time of Strabo.
That is really intriguing ..

Alex

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The Ligurians are said to be behind -sc- toponyms in Spain BUT unless, Lusitanian was the same language as Ligurian, we're probably dealing with a misidentification. The -sc- language in Spasin has been called "Ligurian," Illyrian," Sorotaptic" and "Italoid". Lusitanian was most likely a Q-Latin language but possibly "Para-Celtic" --a Celtic language that branched off before the /p/ was lost.