Thanks to all of you who have responded to my question. I have learnt so much from your posts.

I think every single piece of the puzzle is important. If the word, potentially meaning Carpathians, was inherited from Proto-Germanic, we have to ask ourselves whether it is analyzable on the PG level (it doesn't seem to be). On the other hand, there is a plausible parallel documented by Ptolemy in his Geography: "Carpates". This is actually the earliest attested word for the Carpathians, which suggests three possibilities:

1. The ON word is of genuine PG, and further of PIE, origin
2. The ON word is a borrowing
3. The ON word does NOT mean "Carpathians"

Of course, these options do not have to exclude each other.

Any suggestions?

Best,

P.



---- Original Message ----
From: llama_nom <600cell@...>
To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, 10 September, 2006 10:43:58 PM
Subject: [norse_course] Re: Hervarar saga

--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "naddr_risi" <emironen@...> wrote:
>
> "llama_nom" wrote:
>
> >> höfða-fjöl, f. "head-board, board against which the steersman rests
> >> his head or back" (Turville-Petre).
>
> > Some more examples:
>
> Thank you for your opinion, llama-nom, although I am not 100%
> satisfied.


Anything in particular?


> I wonder why my posts experience that long delay before being seen.
> Also some of them seem to be dropped out. Is there a kind a sensorship
> in this society and if so, what are the principles ?


I had some problems when I first signed up to Yahoo Groups, so I know
how frustrating that is, but I haven't had any trouble recently; my
posts may take a little while to appear, but they usually get through
eventually. I've heard of people having similar trouble with other
groups of long delays--e.g. several days--but I haven't experienced
that here. I'm not really sure how these things work or what might be
causing it. Would it be possible for you to email me the messages you
tried to send that went missing, if you still have a copy? I'd be
interested to know what your wrote.

Llama Nom





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