Re: The oddness of Gaelic words in p-

> I just took a look at the section and most are
> plausible. True, there are some odd ones. Some may be
> onomatopoeic. Others may just be from P-Celtic. I did
> see some of the /p-/ from Germanic Torsten sees as
> potentially NWB
> Here's everything in Mac Bain that remotely seems to
> fit in with Torsten's /p-/ substrate (including Gmc
> words with p-).
> And yes, Mac Bain's is outdated and I was told, also
> very regional.

That list was rather long.
Here are some comparanda:
Jysk:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/30336
NWB:
http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/KuhnText/list.html
I have peppered the various entries (from Kuhn) with what I could find
in Irish, Welsh and Breton (occurrences in Breton are particularly
difficult to explain as loans from English).


Torsten