Re: Basque mendi 'mountain'

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 69161
Date: 2012-04-01

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It would seem that there are maybe 3 to 5 known branches of Celtic
1. Ibero-Celtic
2. Gallo-Brythonic, including Lepontic and possibly Belgic & Ligurian
3. Goidelic
4. Maybe Tartesso-Celtic
5. Maybe Noric-Balkan-Galatian Celtic (unless an extension of  G-B)


From: Tavi <oalexandre@...>
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 4:02 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: Basque mendi 'mountain'

 
--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <bm.brian@...> wrote:
>
> > my guess is it was borrowed into P-Celtic *pant- and
> > Q-Celtic (Goidelic) *kWant-. Of course, the time of
> > borrowing must postdate Common Celtic, which it already
> > had *bando-/*bendo- 'peak top'.
>
> Like many others, I'm not convinced that P-Celtic and
> Q-Celtic are genuine subfamilies.
>
> > Why so?
>
> Do some basic reading in the field. Even the WP article
> will tell you why.
>
Thanks, but I'd prefer to learn it directly from you.