Re: Tutonia (jara: Country names)
| From: | Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, May 12, 2003, 12:03 |
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--- John Cowan skrzypszy:
> What about the appropriate reflex of MUTUS or SURDUS, especially if these
> have not survived in their ordinary meanings "dumb" and "deaf"?
Hm, that would be "mut" and "sard". But I wouldn't go as far as to call the IB
Germans "Muci". No, I think I will keep "Tutonia" for Germany; it would also
save me the effort of redoing my map of Eastern Europe.
Jan
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