Re: Bird

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: stlatos
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 2:32 AM
> Subject: [Courrier indésirable] Re: [tied] Bird

> 4. 2 words with the same meaning in neighboring branches which share
> some vocabulary and contain borrowings from each other are more likely
> to be from the same original. The Celtic one has a certain origin,
> the OE uncertain; if they can be linked by the similarities mentioned
> a different origin would be extremely unlikely.
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> You mean this word was previously proto-Irish then borrowed into

English ?

> is that what you mean ?

No, the presence of borrowing between the two is just one piece of
evidence that they were in contact for a long time. This could help
preserve commonly retained words in both languages.

> The major problem with this idea is that bridd starts with #b- ?
> How is it that (h)eks- disappeared altogether ?
>
> Arnaud
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As in my list of changes, s>0 between stops, k()>0 before pr (or
maybe just p or any bilabial; no evidence exactly). The initial i- >
0 also has no ev. (unless e- in past tenses > 0, but that's not certain).