Tyringi and Tervingi

[Michael Erwin]

How well-dated are the relevant sound-shifts within West-Germanic  
languages? And do they generally affect place-names within Thuringia  
(however bounded)?

Has anyone else notices the banded pattern of Roman Era Dutch &  
German archaeological finds? Many along the coast; few further inland  
(corresponding with Podsol areas); many along the Lippe, upper Ems,  
and stretching eastward (corresponding, with Loess areas); few  
further inland (corresponding with the hills between Lippe and Main);  
etc.

If this reflects settlement density instead of preservation chances,  
then the West-Germanic languages may have begun differentiating very  
early indeed, with the coastal group being proto-Anglo-Frisian, the  
Loess group being proto-Low German, etc.


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