[gothic-l] Name of the Semnones

[keth at ONLINE.NO]

Frank wrote:

>So "*simnan" might be a possibility, but with the strong ending, and a weak
>ending (like "Seues") may be "*simnos" or something similar?


In Norway there is also supposed to have been a "Saemingr" who is
regarded as mythic/legendary ancestor, son of Odinn etc.
That would give you "Saemingar" as a hypothetical group of
people descended from Saemingr. I don't know if there is any connection
with "Semnones", but it certainly sounds like a possibility.

Franz Rolf Schröder (1941) refers to "semo sancus", which is supposed to
mean "gods of seed", but I don't know if that is related.


Keth



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