It's most commendable of Keith to draw our attention to Don Ringe's book,
though having read the first 60 pages on the OUP site, I'm not sure of its
direct relevance for English onomasts. All the same, it would be most
useful if Keith, in his inimitable fashion, could provide those of us not
prepared to shell out 65 quid on trust with a synopsis of what Ringe has to
say about Germanic.
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From: "Keith Briggs" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [EPNL] 7 & 9: Thanet
This has gone way off-topic; however, two comments:
Semitic: one very likely link (but which direction?) we have is the very
"seven" which started all this: Hebrew sheba, Arabic sabah etc. Possibly
"six" too.
Germanic: I hope everybody is reading Don Ringe's new book: A History of
English: Volume I, From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (OUP).
Keith
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