Re: Llyr/Ler - Celtic Etymology

>I can't imagine there is any connection. As a side note, many assume
>that King Lear of Shakespeare fame is derived from Welsh Llyr, but
>in fact the two names are etymologically unrelated.
>
>- Chris Gwinn

There ain't any. In Romanian, <ler> and <lerui-ler> ['leruj-'ler]
(as well as the verb <a leruí>), in refrains in Xmas carols, is
a rhotacized relic: Lat. (& Hebr.) Halleluiah, Domine! (lelu >
leru)

George