Gallág Noevízh
The PDF below is a list of words of a conlang called Gallág Noevízh – “New Gaulish”. This represents an attempt at creating a modern version of Gaulish (rather than an absurd Irish version of Gaulish). Please note that this wordlist is a work in progress – many new entries could eventually be added. And…
Correlatives
The PDF below is a list of Proto-Indo-European correlatives, along with a few other small words (adverbs).
Correspondences
The PDF below contains a random list of etymological correspondences between various words in Indo-European languages (i.e. cognates). Many of these etymological correspondences aren’t found in Wiktionary and some of them differ considerably from those found in Wiktionary.
The True Story of the Celts
I recently watched a three-part documentary on Curiosity Stream called “Celts: The Untold Story”. Like most Curiosity Stream videos, it is very interesting and entertaining. But like many Curiosity Stream videos, particularly those dealing with prehistory, its fundamental message is simply wrong. One of the major points of this documentary was that the Celts began…
Grassmann’s Law in Greek
UPDATE December 03, 2022: Soon after publishing the post below, the Ancient Greek word pēkhys ‘forearm’ came to my attention. This word is clearly from PIE *bheh2ghjus, other reflexes of which are Sanskrit bahu and Proto-Germanic *bōguz (which eventually became bough in English). If what I explained below were correct, the Greek word should have…
A Celtic Calendar
Below is a PDF featuring my derivative of the Celtic Calendar found at Coligny in France in 1897. For a good article on the Coligny Calendar, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coligny_calendar . And here’s a very interesting page on the Coligny Calendar from Caer Australis – https://caeraustralis.com.au/celtcalmain.htm . The first page of the PDF explains the structure of…
The Word for “Sister” in Proto-Celtic and Proto-Germanic
The following table shows my reconstructions of some of the forms of the declension of the word for “sister” in Proto-Indo-European, Proto-Celtic and Proto-Germanic. I have included only the nominative, accusative, genitive and dative forms (singular and plural). Proto-Indo-European Proto-Celtic Proto-Germanic ns swesōr swesūr > sweūr swezōr > swestēr as swesorṃ swesoran > sweoran…
On Proto-Celtic -akos
As I’ve mentioned a number of times in previous posts, I use Wiktionary extensively in the course of my etymological research. I recognize Wiktionary as a most valuable resource for finding reconstructions of Proto-Indo-European, Proto-Celtic and Proto-Germanic words. But I am often annoyed at the many instances of erroneous information presented in these reconstructions, some…
Illyrians and Albanians
In my post called “The Movements and Expansions of Indo-European Language Groups” – https://vellaunos.ca/2021/03/24/the-movements-and-expansions-of-indo-european-language-groups/ , I suggested that there was an Italo-Illyric group of languages that included the Italic languages (such as Latin, Oscan, Umbrian, etc.) and the Illyrian languages. I have since developed the view that the Illyrian languages were not only not closely…
Samain and Samonios
Much confusion reigns regarding the origin of the name of the day called Samhain (traditionally November 1st) in Irish. The Irish name Samhain comes from the Old Irish Samain, which in turn would have developed from Proto-Celtic *Samanis, which in turn reflects a possible Proto-Indo-European *Som-h2nis, this being an o-grade derivative of *sem- ‘single’. Germanic…
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