Re: ?cagne, and ConLand names in translation (was: RE: RV: Old English)

Am 04/08 14:30  BP Jonsson yscrifef:
> At 13:46 08.4.2000 +1200, andrew wrote:
> >In Brithenig I have to use the pronunciation
> >/@n 'dreu/.
>
> Why? Couldn't it have become _Andres_ or somesuch, assuming a VL _Andrjas_
> as IIRC lead to French _André_.
>
I had concluded it had gone Andreas -> Andrewah -> Andrew in Brithenig.
*Andrjas would -> Ajndrah -> Endr(a).

- andrew.
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