From: Miguel Carrasquer
Message: 24795
Date: 2003-07-24
>It's obviously unconnected to Gmc. *walh-, Celtic *volk-. The Germanic
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>
>To: "alex" <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 7:55 PM
>Subject: Re[2]: [tied] Velesu/Volosu
>
>
>> At 12:20:21 PM on Thursday, July 24, 2003, alex wrote:
>>
>> > What seems strange to the celtic "volcae" is the rendering
>> > in German. If the germans got the name from the celts,
>> > then this must have been "*wolhai".
>>
>> No. PIE *o and *a had merged in Gmc. as *a, so Celtic *o in
>> *wolk- was borrowed as *a. The *k was lenited in the Celtic
>> word, so it was borrowed as *x (or *h, if you prefer). The
>> Latin inflexional ending <-ae> is irrelevant.
>
>Germaninc "volk" is still not cleared and I assume you have the answer
>for this word. Do you?