Minor Queries Answered.
_Kimmeroi, Cimbri, Cymry._--There appears to be a growing belief that
the Gomeridæ of the Bible, the Kimmeroi of the Greeks, the Cimbri of the
Romans, and the Cymry or Kymry of Wales, belong to the same family; the
few words remaining of their language are to all appearance Kymraeg; and
recently there was some likelihood of having more light thrown upon this
subject. Kohl, the German traveller, visited the remnant of the Cimbri
defeated by Marius, and was told that "_sette commune parlano Cimbro_."
Is the language of these Lombard Kimbri like that of the Kymry of Wales?
M. Kohl states that a professor at Padua was about to publish the
remains of their language; but I have not seen any subsequent notice
respecting them. The inquiry is highly interesting, and will I trust be
taken up by some persons who may be in position to obtain further
information; and I hope soon to see a few specimens of their language in
"NOTES AND QUERIES."
Ritson, in the notes to his work on the Celts, has these remarks on the
language of this Cimbric remnant:
"Their language, which was thought to be a corrupt German, was
found upon closer inquiry to be very pure Danish. Signor Marco
Pezzo has written a very learned dissertation on this
subject."--Page 288.
What is the title of this work? I am very desirous to obtain further
information on this subject, and invite attention to this people and
their Kimbro speech.