Re: Basque mendi 'mountain'

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <bm.brian@...> wrote:

>
> > I'm afraid Latin isn't the only source of p- > Goidelic
> > *kW-. For example, Middle Irish céite 'hill, eminence,
> > open space, assembly' < Goidelic *kWantjo- 'hill', which
> > corresponds to the substrate root *pant- I mentioned
> > before.
>
> It's from PCelt. *kwantyo- 'flat hill', with normal
> developments in Goidelic and Brittonic. A substrate root in
> *p- is most unlikely.
>

Unfortunately, the Brythonic forms quoted by Matasovic mean 'valley'. So
he conflates 'hill' and 'valley' into 'flat hill'. Incredible!

> > Also interesting is Old Irish imm-cella 'surrounds', from
> > Goidelic *kWal-na 'to go around', a doublet of Celtic
> > *Fal-na 'to approach, to drive' (Old Irish ad-ella).
>
> No, *kWelh1- and *pelh2- are clearly different.
>

Only in the traditional model. But macro-comparativists such as Bomhard
link them.