Re: [tied] Re: Religion

From: Christopher Gwinn
Message: 3962
Date: 2000-09-21

> Right, but *penkwe> kwenkwe > Irish coic and Welsh pimp. Why co:ic instead
> of ce:c? o: < u+e?

Thurneysen suggests Common Celtic *kwenkwe gave Goidelic *kwe/(g)gwe and
that the long -e- was mutated to an -o- between -kw- and -gw-

-C. Gwinn