Native Europeans; was: Re: Gerry!

--- In Nostratica@yahoogroups.com, "John <jdcroft@...>"
<jdcroft@...> wrote:

> Torsten wrote
> >
> > As for the Saxons, the Thuringian Chronicle says they came from

the

> > east (Sacae) and by their conquest of the Baltic Coast would have
> > separated the two "Odin colonies" in Thuringia and Denmark. They
> > would have changed their language at that time to the lingua

franca

> > of the area, namely Germanic. As for their ethnic (not

linguistic)

> > composition at the time of Hengist and Horsa, God only knows.

> Regarding the Saxons in
> Thuringia, this is recorded by Procopius as a movement back into
> Germany from Britain in the years from 500-570 BCE. The attack on
> these Saxons by the developing Frankish Kingdom pushed them to the
> East.
>

I just re-read the Thuringian Chronicle. It states that a Saxon
invasion took place from the east around 50 CE. We may be talking two
different things.

The Chronicle is out there somewhere in cyberspace, but I can't find
the link. I can find the quote for you if you want, though.

> Regards
>
> John

Torsten