Re: "CALAF" THROUGH WELSH EYES

From: Richard Wordingham
Message: 62897
Date: 2009-02-07

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, gwalstawd <gwalstawd@...> wrote:
>
> I have trawled through the DIL looking for a possible cognate but
have failed. This may be due to my lack of rigour.

The word might be related to *k^el (Pokorny #889, pp552-3) 'thin
shaft, stalk', but I can't see how that helps decide between a
Graeco-Latin and a native origin.

Richard.