Re: Gemination in Celtic

From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 56686
Date: 2008-04-04

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From: "Anders R. Joergensen" <ollga_loudec@...>

> 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.

Most likely when the Irish learned to say /p/...

Anders

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So *when* was that ?
M. Joergensen ?

Apart from tautologisms, fuzzinesses and counter-examples,
what are your proved abilities ?

Arnaud

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