Re: [tied] Re: Celtic and pre-Celtic in Britannia

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From: Dr. Antonio Sciarretta <sciarretta@...>
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Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Celtic and pre-Celtic in Britannia


>
> >Alauna comes ultimately from an earlier *Alamna, where the root *al-
> >(suffixed form *al-o-) is "nourish/to grow", thus *Alamna
> >is "Nourisher/Provider" (related to Latin alumnus, but with an active
> >meaning in Celtic, from PIE *al-o-mn). Common Celtic -mn- is often
> >reduced to -un- in Late Gaulish and Brittonic.
>

alumnus is not "Nourisher", but the opposite, "nourished". < *al-o-m(e)nos,
passive.