Armenia in Ireland: Indo-European Cognates, Medieval Legends, and Pseudo-Historical Accounts’

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Abstract

Author examines references to Armenia in Early Irish and other sources in his paper on ‘Armenia in Ireland: Indo-European Cognates, Medieval Legends, and Pseudo-Historical Accounts’. He begins by investigating the manner in which Armenian linguistic material was used by early Celtic scholars in their work on Indo-European reconstruction and proceeds to survey a range of Celto-Armenian isoglosses. He concludes by presenting works of eighteenth century Irish antiquarians who sought to discover the roots of the race of the Gaels in Armenia
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIreland and Armenia: Studies in Language, History and Narrative
EditorsMaxim Fomin, Séamus Mac Mathúna, Alvard Jivanyan
Place of PublicationWashington D.C.: The Institute for the Study of Man
PublisherJournal of Indo-European Studies Monograph Series
Pages85-109
Volume61
ISBN (Print)978-0-9845383-8-6
Publication statusPublished (in print/issue) - 10 Jan 2013

Keywords

  • Armenia
  • Ireland
  • medieval pseudo-history
  • etymology
  • 100 word list
  • Celto-Armenian isoglosses
  • Celtic

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