From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 18656
Date: 2003-02-09
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From: "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>
To: "Piotr Gasiorowski" <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 9:21 PM
Subject: Re[2]: [tied] decem
> Presumably this would be related to the Gaulish name theme <Dago->, <Daco-> (e.g., <Dagorix>), which goes with OIr <dag-> 'good' and I presume Welsh <da>? Whence the /a/ in these?
Reflexes of *dek- are also attested, e.g. in *lugu-dek- 'worshipper of Lug' (Ogam Lugudec-, gen. Lugudeccas, OIr. Lugaid, gen. Luigdech), *luku-dek- (probably) > Gaul. Lucudeca. I'm not sure where <dago-/daco-> comes from -- _if_ it's the same root (a secondary reduced grade?). If Chris Gwinn is reading this, it would be interesting to have his opinion -- he knows a lot more about Gaulish (and Celtic in general) than I do.
Piotr