From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 56661
Date: 2008-04-04
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From: "Anders R. Joergensen" <ollga_loudec@...>
> 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
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I suppose if you have the horse with you
you have a word for it.
If you maintain that ca-pp-al is an impossible Celtic word,
then it's interesting to determine when capal became
a possible Irish word.
Arnaud
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