Re: CHAT: Brithenig-heads

andrew scripsit:

> Andrew amused.  Ill Rhuil makes good Brithenig, as Philip pointed out.
> I have no idea what it would mean.
Nothing Latin, it seems: running the sound changes backwards
produces "re:lus" or "roelus".  The only Lewis & Short words in
"rel-" are definitely the prefix "re-" plus some root in "l".
Nothing obviously Germanic either.  A Celtic word, perhaps?

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