The author consider the ethnonyms Gallaeci/Callaecimì, Galli/Gallici and Celtae as derived from < *Gallàici < *Galdàici < *Galtàici < *GALÀTAI, with the meaning of 'the peoples of the stones' (cp. Irish gall ‘stone’; Old Irish gallán 'standing stone’; Middle Welsh gal ‘stone’, rock’; Scottish Gaelic gailleichan ‘stone’; Breton kals, kailhoù ‘stone, rock’; Manx galagh ‘stone’; Gaulish gall(o) Concerning the motivation behind this etymology, the author interpretes it as a reference to the Galician, Portuguese (and later Gaulish) peoples as those identified with the utmost megaliths’ builders.
Titolo: | Celtae, Galli(ci), Gallaeci: A New Etymology |
Autore/i: | benozzo, F. |
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Anno: | 2017 |
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Abstract: | The author consider the ethnonyms Gallaeci/Callaecimì, Galli/Gallici and Celtae as derived from < *Gallàici < *Galdàici < *Galtàici < *GALÀTAI, with the meaning of 'the peoples of the stones' (cp. Irish gall ‘stone’; Old Irish gallán 'standing stone’; Middle Welsh gal ‘stone’, rock’; Scottish Gaelic gailleichan ‘stone’; Breton kals, kailhoù ‘stone, rock’; Manx galagh ‘stone’; Gaulish gall(o) Concerning the motivation behind this etymology, the author interpretes it as a reference to the Galician, Portuguese (and later Gaulish) peoples as those identified with the utmost megaliths’ builders. |
Data stato definitivo: | 2018-02-19T23:36:17Z |
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