Re: Re[2]: [tied] Gemination in Celtic

To: Anders R. Joergensen

>> lu?k "hiccup"
>> Gaelic aileag
>> Greek lug-mos

> Some additional details would be helpful in figuring out
> what you mean. Is your Gaelic _aileag_ taken from
> MacBain's etymological dictionary?

Yes, it is.
Arnaud

Anyway, the word

> has final /-g/, so I'm not sure I see the relevance.

MacBain identifies <aileag> with OIr <fail>; the DIL has
both <fail> and a diminutive <faileóc>, which I assume
matches <aileag>; the citation is for <faileog> from Peter
O'Connell.
By the way, DIL is now online, at http://www.dil.ie/.

Thank you for this reference.
Arnaud