| From: | Elliott Lash <al260@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, November 24, 2000, 1:41 |
Ray ániyë:
I don't think it's known. It was the name of first "tribe" of Greeks that
the Romans came into contact with in southern Italy. They applied the name
to Greeks generally; rather in a similar way that the Romance nations (&
the Welsh) have named the Germans generally after one particular Germanic
"tribe" (the Allemani).
And speaking of the Welsh, I'm sure most of you know that
the Anglo-Saxons didn't bother with their real name (Cymri) and just called
them the foreigners or "Wealas" (singular Wealh). Just a little tidbit.
Elliott