Re: Basque mendi 'mountain'

From: Tavi
Message: 69146
Date: 2012-03-31

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <bm.brian@...> wrote:
>
> > my guess is it was borrowed into P-Celtic *pant- and
> > Q-Celtic (Goidelic) *kWant-. Of course, the time of
> > borrowing must postdate Common Celtic, which it already
> > had *bando-/*bendo- 'peak top'.
>
> Like many others, I'm not convinced that P-Celtic and
> Q-Celtic are genuine subfamilies.
>
> > Why so?
>
> Do some basic reading in the field. Even the WP article
> will tell you why.
>
Thanks, but I'd prefer to learn it directly from you.