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Stifter, David (2019) Further to Avidic: ‘Geese’ in Insular Celtic. Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics, 132. pp. 312-316. ISSN 09353518
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Abstract
: It is argued in this article that words for ‘geese’ in the Insular Celtic languages,
e.g. Old Irish géd, Welsh gŵydd ‘goose’, and Old Irish giugrann, Welsh gŵyran ‘wild goose’,
etc., go back to reduplicated formations * giγδo- and *giγurano-. The structure and phonology of these words do not conform with those of words inherited from Indo-European.
Instead, they may be loans from a lost prehistoric language of western Europe that has
been suspected as the source of other vocabulary connected with the natural world.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Avidic; Geese; Insular Celtic; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > School of Celtic Studies > Early Irish (Sean Ghaeilge) |
| Item ID: | 19983 |
| Depositing User: | Prof. David Stifter |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jun 2025 10:51 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics |
| Publisher: | Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (GmbH & Co. KG) |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/19983 |
| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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