Re: CHAT: silly names (in Brithenig)
| From: | andrew <hobbit@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 19, 2001, 5:23 |
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Am 03/18 19:14 John Cowan yscrifef:
> Yes, indeed. There was a bug in lat2bri.
>
Fixed now?
> According to the Ceridigion County Council web site, it's derived from the
> personal name Ceredig, a former (legendary?) prince of the area.
> So I suppose it would remain unchanged except for the -ion which
> would be replaced by a Romance analogue such as -IA > -i.
>
I'm inclined to go looking around for a Latin or Old Welsh equivalent
and then work from that.
Hold on, let me check Google. Gosh, that bought up a few links! Ah,
the latin equivalent is Caratacus, and he was the son of Cunedda! He
lived in the 5th Century. Now what would be the equivalent of the -ion
ending...
- andrew.
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Andrew Smith, Intheologus hobbit@earthlight.co.nz
Lent: Living in Borrowed Time
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