TEN NEW ETYMOLOGIES BETWEEN OLD GAULISH AND THE INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES
Abstract
This paper belongs to a series of articles designed to contribute to the solution of one of the central problem of Indo-European linguistics of today, the comparative etymology of Indo-European languages. The ten new Indo-European etymologies for Old Gaulish presented are:
1. OGaul. asia- ‘secale’ : Lith. asỹ- ‘Schachtel-, Schafthalm’; 2. OGaul. nemnali- ‘célébrer’ : RV. námna- ‘sich beugen/neigen’; 3. OGaul. mapalia- ‘kindlich’ : TochA. mkälto- ‘jung, klein’; 4. OGaul. mas ‘gl. metallum’ : TochA. msāṣ ‘imo : from beneath’; 5. OGaul. cunobarro- ‘Tête-de-Chien’ : CLu. paraia- ‘hoch’; 6. OGaul. marco- ‘horse’ : TochA. markä- ‘move’; 7. OGaul. slēbino- ‘montanus’ : TochB. ṣale ‘mountain, hill’; 8. OGaul. cobro- ‘love, desire, greed’ : TochB. kakāpo- ‘desire, crave, want’; 9. OGaul. mallo- ‘langsam, träge’ : TochB. mālle ‘dull’; 10. OGaul. bilio- ‘Baum’ : TochB. pilta- ‘leaf, petal’
