"piotr gasiorowski" <
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> Subject: [cybalist] Re: Odp: Odp: The Wends and the Venedi
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> We have the Irish verbal root Finn "to know" and Welsh Gwnn "I
know" which both seem to be from *Uind - from Common Celtic *Uid- "see"
with infixed nasal.
piotr :
I don't know Irish finn with this meaning; where is it attested? If
(Middle) Welsh gwnn (MBreton goun, Cornish
gon) is from *wind-, why didn't it develop like *wind- 'white'
(gwyn, Breton gwenn, Cornish guyn)? I don't know
as much as I'd like to know about the development of diphtongs
in Brythonic, but isn't it possible that gwnn <
*woid-n-? Just asking.
guillaume :
As far as I know, the breton word for "to know" is "gouzout" or
"ouzout" according to dialects. K. Jackson in "a historical phonology
of breton" cites old breton gudbut, MB gouzuout, from brittonic
widibutaa.
Where did you get your "goun" from ?