Quote Originally Posted by Arjos View Post
Also the germanic identity, in the area, really came to be later on, with the roman borders and the greater influx of migrating people from Jutland and later with the Goths.

BTW don't get too much mistaken with belgic tribes and Britain, as it seems to have been a relatively recent migration, possibly related to the Cimbrian War. So Commios, simply was a very close kin, even in the range of one lifetime.
Brythonic was the regional evolution of either the local language, mixing with a celtic tongue, brought by new settlers; or of a much earlier proto-celtic language from the Bronze Age.
Well, there are many germanic placenames in these areas (Belgic), and there seems to have been an influx of Danubian 'Celts' during the third century BC if I remember correctly. Of course if one assumes that those from the Danube spoke a Celtic language then one will see a Celtic language area. But what is the link between Halstat culture and Celtic languages at the heart of that axiom?