Re: Gemination in Celtic

Before we got a bit sidetracked by the whole mak- 'eat' discussion, I
responded to your (Arnaud's) list of alledged instances of *-h2G- >
PCelt. -KK-.
There were some words that required additional clarification and I
also presented some possible counter-examples to the proposed law,
that you might want to address (see below).

Anders

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Anders R. Joergensen"
<ollga_loudec@...> wrote:

> What about
> > lakk- "lax, soft"
> > lag-aros
>
> Isn't this OIr. lac `weak, feeble' once again? This had /g/ and was
> thus not relevant.
>
> Or is this another word?
>
> >
> > Celte rukk- "piece of cloth"
>
> What word(s) are you referring to? W rhuchen?
>
> >
> > O.irl Stuc "hill"
> >
> > O.irl stu:c "angered face"
> > Lit stug-ti
>
> I'm a bit lost here. I can't identify the OIr. words you refer to.
> Furthermore, initial st- is generally not inherited in Irish

(PCelt.

> *st- gives OIr. s-).
>
> >
> > brecc- "speckled"
>
> Yes, along with W brych/brech etc., this points to PCelt *brikko-.
> However, what is the relevance to the present discussion?
>
> As to possible counter-examples, one can think of W cawdd `anger',
> Bret. keuz `regret', MBret. queuz, all from PCelt. *ka:d- (possibly

a

> neuter s-stem and thus formally = Gr. ke:dos). Anyway, a derivation
> from PIE *k^ah2d- seems most straightforward.
>
> W hawdd `easy, happy', MCorn. hueth `glad, joyful' may also be
> relevant, if it is the `sweet'-word. Then from PCelt. *swa:du- <
> *swah2du-, but the laryngeal isn't completely secured.
>
> OIr. saigid, -saig `searches for' etc. < PCelt. *sag-ye/o- is

usually

> derived from *s&g(^)- from the root *sah2g(^)- (sa:gio:, sokjan,
> etc.).
>
> Anders
>