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Stifter, David, “The invisible third. The Basque and Celtic words for ‘swallow’”, Ériu 60 (2010): 145–157.

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Stifter (David)

Article

“The invisible third. The Basque and Celtic words for ‘swallow’”

Periodical

Ériu 60 (2010)

Breatnach, Liam, and Damian McManus (eds), Ériu 60 (2010), Royal Irish Academy.

Volume

60

Pages

145–157

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In a keynote address at the XI. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, about possible non-Indo-European influence on the Celtic languages, Kim McCone drew attention to the similarity between the Insular Celtic, e.g. OIr fannall, W gwennol, and the Basque, i.e. enara, ain(h)-ara, words for ‘swallow’ (Lat hirundo). McCone reconstructs *waNālā or *weNālā as preforms for the Insular Celtic words, and *(w)aiNala for Pre-Basque (McCone 2005, 408–9). This suggestion looks very attractive and suggestive and, if correct, would shed rare light on prehistoric linguistic relationships in Western Europe. In this article, I will examine the equation more closely and add a number of observations.

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Headings

Basque language Celtic languages

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Lexical itemSingle words, morphemes or phrases.

Old Irish fannall • Welsh gwennol • Basque language enara • Basque language ain(h)-ara • Latin hirundo • Insular Celtic *waNālā • Insular Celtic *weNālā • Pre-Proto-Basque *(w)aiNala

Keywords

Basque swallow

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