[tied] Re: Celtic and pre-Celtic in Britannia

> > >Alauna comes ultimately from an earlier *Alamna, where the root

*al-

> > >(suffixed form *al-o-) is "nourish/to grow", thus *Alamna
> > >is "Nourisher/Provider" (related to Latin alumnus, but with an

active

> > >meaning in Celtic, from PIE *al-o-mn). Common Celtic -mn- is

often

> > >reduced to -un- in Late Gaulish and Brittonic.
> >
>
> alumnus is not "Nourisher", but the opposite, "nourished". < *al-o-m

(e)nos,

> passive.

Yes, I know - that is why I said that *al-o-mn had an active meaning
in Celtic (as opposed to Latin's passive). Nowhere did I state that
Latin alumnus meant "nourisher".

- Chris Gwinn