4692.
Watkins
(Calvert): Some Celtic phrasal echoes.
In
Celtic language, Celtic culture [Fs. Hamp 1]
(1990), pp. 47–56.
Discusses the echoes, elsewhere in Indo-European, of two Irish formulaic phrases : 1.
tongu do dia toinges mo thúath
(and related phrases); 2. “pillar of X” (e. g. Ir.
tuir Bhreagh
).
Repr. in
Watkins selected writings II, pp. 741-750.
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Classifications:
D 1.2 Lexicology
C 2.1 Historical linguistics, language change and comparative philology
Indexes:
Words/Proper Names:
dia
tongaid
tongu do dia…
tuir
Repr. in Watkins selected writings II, pp. 741-750.