[Spellyans] The Cornish for All Saints' Day

[Ken MacKinnon]

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(Prof) Ken MacKinnon,
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Eddie Climo 
  To: Standard Cornish discussion list 
  Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 12:29 AM
  Subject: Re: [Spellyans] The Cornish for All Saints' Day


  On 5 Whe 2009, at 14:18, nicholas williams wrote:


    It might looks as though the Cornish word oll 'all'  has been contaminated
    by English 'whole'; but holl- is also attested as prefix in Welsh, e.g. Duw Hollalluog 'Almighty God', so holl- here is probably authentic, although
    the root is oll-; cf. Irish ule, uile.


  Indeed, in Welsh we find:
  oll, adv, all, wholly
  holl, adj. all, whole
  holl-, prefix. al-, all-, omni-


  Interestingly, in Scots Gaelic we find the cognate form both with and without < h- >
  uile, adj. all
  na h-uile, adj.. every
  a h-uile duine. everyone
  uil-, uile-, prefix. al-, all-, omni-

  There's a pattern of epenthetic < h- > found elsewhere in S.G., such as
  àraidh. special

  gu h-àraidh. especially



  Could the role of the < h- > likewise be epenthetic in Welsh and Cornish?


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