Re: YAEPT: uu/ii (< Quick Latin pronunciation question)

On Wed, 28 May 2008, Michael Poxon wrote:
> Re Elvis. Both his names are Welsh! "Elfis" is a native Welsh first
> name, and "Presley" is surely an English version of "Preseli" (now
> spelt Prescelly) a small group of mountains in Pembrokeshire which
> is, apparently, where the stones for Stonehenge came from. Okay - I
> know there are probably other placenames that could produce the same
> result "Priestley" for example, but its tempting to think of him
> being called "Y brenin"!
I thought it was Germanic: from All Wise; which suggests to me that a
Latin version of the name should be something like *Allevisus, like the
Allemanni  of Germany.

- Andrew.
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