Re: Volcanus>falcon?

> If you'd offer a definition of "background in Celtic linguistics"
> I'd be able to offer an answer.

The definition is self-evident, in my opinion - has Kuhn made any
serious study of the standard texts dealing with Celtic etymology
and phonology?

> Obviuosly, in order to sift Nordwestblock
> appellatives and onomastics from those ot its Celtic, Italic and
> Germanic neighbors, he has to have knowledge of these languages.

That's not obvious at all - quite a few authors of books on Western
European onomastics don't seem to have mastered even the basics of
Celtic linguistics.

> Is "a-grade" a special Celtic development?

Not that I am aware of.

- Chris Gwinn