[gothic-l] Re: Question about Catualda

[czobor at CANTACUZINO.RO]

--- In gothic-l at y..., Alburysteve at a... wrote:
>
...
> But this may not be definitive, since, like Marcomanni, it could
represent an
> amalgamation  of Celtic (Marco=horse) and Germanic (manni = men?).
>
> Oh well,
>
> Steve O'Brien
> Albury, Ontario

Hi, Steve

This is the accepted etymology for Marcomanni?
I thought that it comes from Gmc. *Marko-maniz "men of the border" (or
something like this; Gmc. *marko = Goth. marka = border, boundary).

Francisc


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