Celtic "deer"

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Authors

BLAŽEK Václav

Year of publication 2015
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Études celtiques
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Field Linguistics
Keywords Celtic; insular; continental; zoonym; word formation; semantic typology
Description In the present contribution the Insular Celtic designation of "deer", namely Middle Irish sed & seg, and Middle Welsh hit, hyd "stag, deer", Modern Welsh hydd m., pl. hyddot id.; Cornish heth; Old Breton hed "deer, fallow deer", Middle Breton heiz m. "deer", is studied from the point of view of both the internal structure in word formation and hypothetical continental cognates in onomastics, all in perspective of semantic typology.
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