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.
benozzo, F. (2017). Celtae, Galli(ci), Gallaeci: A New Etymology. QUADERNI DI SEMANTICA, n.s. 3-4, 1479-1482.
Celtae, Galli(ci), Gallaeci: A New Etymology
benozzo, F.
2017
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.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
