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   XPost: ie.general   
   From: ciaran@ciaran.com   
      
   The Highlander wrote:   
   > On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 12:11:59 GMT, Ciaran  wrote:   
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   >> Ciaran wrote:   
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   >> 2. Place names classed as Pictish start with Pit- (no "P" in Gaelic)   
   >>from arcahic Brythonic for a piece of land   
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   > Can I believe my eyes? Of course there is a "P" in Gaelic and there   
   > always has been!  (I assume you are confusing the term Q-Celtic   
   > (actually C - the Goidelic group)  and P-Celtic, the Brythonic group.   
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   > The Highlander   
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   > Faodaidh nach ionann na beachdan anns   
   > an post seo agus beachdan a' Ghàidheil.   
   > The views expressed in this post are   
   > not necessarily those of The Highlander.   
      
   What I meant was that there is no word starting with "P" for a piece of   
   land in Gaelic to my knowledge, e.g. tuathanas meaning "farm" has no "P"   
   at all in it. Also the following words:   
      
   Proto-Celtic 	Gaulish 	Welsh 	Breton 	Irish 	Scottish Gaelic 	Manx   
   English gloss   
   *kwennos 	pennos 	pen 	penn 	ceann 	ceann 	kione 	"head"   
   *kwetwar- 	petuarios 	pedwar 	pevar 	ceathair 	ceithir 	kiare 	"four"   
   *kwenkwe 	pinpetos 	pump 	pemp 	cúig 	còig 	queig 	"five"   
   *kweis 	pis 	pwy 	piv 	cé (older cia) 	cò/cia 	quoi 	"who"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)