From: Ken Pfrenger
Message: 29730
Date: 2004-01-17
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From: "CG" <sonno3@...>
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Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 1:36 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: Lugh *leuk-
> PIE -k- gives Gallo-Brittonic -k- (written -c- in the Latin
> alphabet), so this should not have produced -g- in Gaulish,
> Celtiberian, etc. Common Celtic *Lugus looks like it must come from
> PIE *leug- or *leugh-, unless there was a very early substitution of -
> k- with -g- in the Proto-Celtic dialects (which seems unlikely to
> me). I see nothing in Lugus/Lleu/Lug's character which requires him
> to be a god connected with "light" (*leuk-). Personally, I prefer an
> etymology connecting him with "division" (PIE *leug-) or the "oath"
> (PIE *leugh-).
>
> - Chris Gwinn
Thanks Chris, that was exactly what I was looking for. I understand a
possible connection with *leug- "oath" but the connection with division
is not so clear to me, would you care to elaborate?
Thanks
ken
PS to everyone, sorry for mispelling *leuk in the original title...makes it
hard to look up stuff int he archives if they are spelled wrong.