Re: Ligurian

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Bhrihskwobhloukstroy <bhrihstlobhrouzghdhroy@...> wrote:

>
> > Matasovic^ links the Irish word to the Gaulish anthroponym Cassi- and
> > the ethnonym -casses, which H. Birkan (quoted by Delamarre) thinks means
> > 'having curly hair', a Celto-Germanic isogloss (Germanic *xazda- > Old
> > Norse haddr 'long hair of woman'). However, for Cassi- Patrizia de
> > Bernardo proposes the meaning 'tin', which Delamarre extends by
> > methonymy to 'bronze'. Anyway, there're no traces of a labiovelar here.
>
> I too know all this. My question still is: what's wrong with cass : qua:lus?
> I infer that nothing is wrong, so we can have here again a case of
> merging of etyma into an Irish word
>

I haven't studied the Latin word but I must insist there's no traces of a labiovelar in Celtic, with should give p- in P-Celtic.

> Of course, you always state I'm wrong, but you never go beyond pure
> statements, without any justification, and moreover you repeat ad
> nauseam the same pseudologism ("if there's a possible solution, no
> other solution is possible"), therefore confirming I'm right
>

No, it doesn't. Ignoring other people's arguments doesn't make you right. Anyway, if you believe so it isn't my problem but yours.

> > I suppose you came here to get feedback, didn't you? Then you've got it.
>
> I came here about ten years ago. For years I've been mostly
> reading You All and scarcely anything more. A few months ago I dared
> to reply with minor remarks; in this case I've just made clear that
> there are regular (I beg your pardon for this obscene concept) Celtic
> etymologies for Ligurian bormo- and Barga.
>

Which have been *refuted* by Douglas.