Re: R: Re: R: Italogallic in Zera, and other languages.
From: | andrew <hobbit@...> |
Date: | Monday, April 24, 2000, 23:30 |
Am 04/24 09:41 Mangiat yscrifef:
> The Latin name of the river we call today Po was Padus, hence Padania.
> They'd like to split away from Italy saying that they are not Italian, but
> the ultimate offspring of Celts and Gauls - and there are people that vote
> them!!! Their speculations are even based on the name 'GalloItalic
> dailects' --- well, it's true we have a few very ancient words probably from
> the Celtic substratum, but not as many as to justify their ideas.
>
Do you have a list of this substratum? I'm always looking for Celtic
words that have survived in Romance languages so I can channel them into
Brithenig.
- andrew.
--
Andrew Smith, Intheologus hobbit@earthlight.co.nz