Re: Gemination in Celtic

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

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> When was Ogam created according to you

I don't really know. 4th c.? I haven't given it much thought and I
don't have Ziegler's or McManus' book with me right here.

> and
> When did the word "horse" enter Irish ?

Well, this particular word must have been fairly late, at least after
the Irish learned to say /p/. Some, as of now unexeplained
deformation of caballus is probably most likely, but an unknown donor
is also possible.

>
> When are the first horses attested in Ireland ?
>

I have no idea, and I don't really see the relevance.

Anders