Origins Cimbri




on map of ptolemy, kimbroi placed on northernmost part of peninsula of jutland., i.e., in modern landscape of himmerland south of limfjorden (since vendsyssel-thy north of fjord @ time group of islands). himmerland (old danish himbersysel) thought preserve name, in older form without grimm s law (pie k > germ. h). alternatively, latin c- represents attempt render unfamiliar proto-germanic h = [x] (latin h [h] becoming silent in common speech @ time), perhaps due celtic-speaking interpreters (a celtic intermediary explain why germanic *Þeuðanōz became latin teutones).


the origin of name cimbri unknown. 1 etymology pie *tḱim-ro- inhabitant , tḱoi-m- home (> english home), derivation tḱei- live (> greek κτίζω, latin sinō); then, germanic *himbra- finds exact cognate in slavic sębrъ farmer (> croatian, serbian sebar, russian сябёр syabyor).


the name has been related word kimme meaning “rim”, i.e., people of coast . finally, since antiquity, name has been related of cimmerians.


because of similarity of names, cimbri have been @ times associated cymry, welsh name themselves. however, welsh cymry derived brittonic *kombrogi, meaning “compatriots”, , linguistically unrelated cimbri.








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