Talk:Gloyw
Latest comment: 8 years ago by Victar in topic Spelling
@Anglom, UtherPendrogn This reconstruction doesn't make much sense. According to WT:ACEL-BRY, Proto-Celtic oi develops into Brythonic ʉ. —CodeCat 13:54, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
- Yes, something like *Glʉw would be expected. Based on the Welsh form, we'd have to reconstruct Celtic *Glaiwos, which is difficult to reconcile with Matasovic's given root *gleyh₂-. Anglom (talk) 14:19, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
Spelling
[edit]@Victar According to w:Welsh orthography, there's no such thing as ⟨oy⟩ in Welsh spelling, it's either ⟨oe⟩ or ⟨wy⟩. Is this perhaps an obsolete spelling? —CodeCat 20:22, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
- Yeah, I'm not sure. I just moved this over from PCelt. It might have been a borrowing from a Cornish name. Compare Old Cornish Gloiucen and Gloiumed. --Victar (talk) 20:52, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
- Or maybe as you say, some archaic obsolete spelling. --Victar (talk) 20:57, 26 October 2016 (UTC)