‘On Substantiating Indo-European *wlkos 'wolf' in Celtic, Continental and Insular’

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Abstract

Looking at the distribution of Indo-European *wlkos 'wolf' in Continental Celtic and in Goedelic, clearing up the matter that 'olc' in Old Irish means 'wolf', and suggesting that taboo may have been an element of replacement, although the word 'mac tire' (lit. 'son of land') may, in actual fact, be a borrowing into Irish from an older pre-Indo-European language,
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)163-174
JournalEtudes Celtiques
Volume39
Publication statusPublished (in print/issue) - 19 Sept 2012

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