Hello
Does any opportunity to compare "Excalibur" with Latin Scalpere (to
dig/to mine/to carve) and to say that "Excalibur" is a borrowing
latin word (?)
Scalpera < Excalibur = a destroyer sword
I found in IE some links with
IE (S)kal-/(S)kel- = to cut/to split
Germanic Skelf- (crack/cleft) < Old English Scylfe < English Shelf.
German Schliff (Sharpened)
Germanic Skaljo (To divide) < Gotique Skalja (Tile). Middel old
German Schillen (To differ). Middle deutch Schele (Diference). Old
Norse Skilja (To separate). Old frisian Skyl (To peel).
Slave : Serbo-Croate Skala (Fraction/Part). Tchek kála (Se spread).
Albanais Shkallëzoj (To divide).
With Neo-celtic I found
Manx Skeaylley (To distribute/Disseminate), Scaailley (To crumnle)
and Skeayltagh (Separatist)
Manx Scoltey/Skeilt (Cleft) et Scolb (Thin slice)
Old Irish Calg/Colg (Sword) et Colgach (Sharpened)
The web-site from Welsh University done
Protoceltic Skalba- = Gap/Chink/Cleft/Hole
Protoceltic Kalgo- = Needle/Sting/Sword/Spear/Spade
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/institutes/sassi/spns/ProtoCelt.pdf