Re: New Brithenig words, part Deux.

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>This one proved to be quite a battle.  It seems that cochlea dropped out
>of Vulgar Latin and in France and Iberia was replaced by *caracol
>borrowed from Arabic *karkara.  It even effects [escargot].  I looked at
>Brythonic but can find no immediate etymology for [malwen].  For now I
>would suggest *caragol.
So that's where that comes from. I always wondered. Anyway, Montreiano
could develop it similarly to Spanish: caracou. Would it be unreasonable
to have carcou (i suppose influences from other iberian romance languages
would negate that, no)?


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