Re: [tied] personal names

From: guto rhys
Message: 14670
Date: 2002-08-28

 

 Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

*gHaiso- occurs only in Celtic and Germanic with the meaning 'spear, javelin' (Latin gaesum, Gk. gaison ~  gaisos 'javelin' are of course loans from Gaulish). But Gk. kHaion 'shepherd's staff' (< *gHaisom) is a likely cognate.
 
Piotr
 
Thanks,
Does it have a reflex in English?
 
What is the relation between Latin 'gladius' and Welsh 'cledd' (=sword, from '*cladobio', according to University of Wales Dictionary)?
 
Guto
 
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----- Original Message -----
From: guto rhys
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] personal names

(Celtic gaiso-) What are it's cognates in other languages?



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