Re: Case System Collapse (was: Transhumance)

> Welsh (ie. Britannic) bore the
> brunt of Anglo-Saxon invasion, unlike Irish. You'd probably know

more

> than me about the extent of desertion to them by the invaders.
>

I just remembered: the Welsh city of Prestatyn (with penultimate
stress) < *presta-tun, ie Preston ("Priest-Town"), a re-Welshified
AngloSaxon name.

Torsten