Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic

More than 1,000 words used as far back as 325BC to be collected for insight into past linguistic landscape

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Near as I can tell, #Minecraft is

*meiniskerdฤ

in #ProtoCeltic.

#etymology
#linguustics
#gaming
#NERDERY

Would anybody be interested in reviewing the glossaries for a novel set in 4th century Britain that uses reconstructed words/phrases in #Brythonic & #OldSaxon?
#protoceltic #celtic #cornish #breton #welsh #cymraeg

The Irish and the Cymric names for the month of June are obviously related: Meitheamh and Mehefin.
But what's their original meaning? It's Midsummer, fittingly, developed from a common reconstructed Proto-Celtic word *medyo-samฤซno-

#100daysofGaeilge
#etymology
#irish
#Gaeilge
#Welsh
#Cymraeg
#Cymric
#protoceltic

@NeuKelte there is a twin monolith here in northern italy by the hills that overlook the isonzo river. I've read this used to be southern Noricum before Caesar took it over. It represents Belenus and Belisama together. #protoceltic #sassdesanbelin