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| awemawson:
They have windows in Wales ?????????????? :lol: Seriously though windows in the modern sense (fenestration) probably only got to Wales (and much of Great Britain) in Roman times, with a second wave when the Normans built castles everywhere, and it's probably from that Norman connection that the Fenestr of Welsh originated. |
| mattinker:
--- Quote from: Pete. on May 04, 2015, 02:30:25 AM --- --- Quote from: Ginger Nut on May 03, 2015, 11:49:00 PM --- Geordie, Welsh, and Gaelic the true British accents all others are born from European and Londoners who had to use French & German to make up their dielect --- End quote --- Oh really? Window in French - Fenetre Window in Welsh - Fenestr --- End quote --- From what I remember from my school days in Wales, Fenestr ( window, latin fenstra) llyfir (book leber) and arian (silver or money latin argentum) were words that came from the Romans. Llong from the Viking long boats is a ship. These were taught in Welsh lessons, I have subsequently found that Arian is from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erg- (“to shine”) and that unlike what we were taught in school,Perhaps borrowed from French, the Welsh word for window is ffenestr. So, these are bits of fairly useless partially accurate information that I remember from those endless obligatory Welsh lessons in the 1960's! Google is your friend! Regards, Matthew |
| Ginger Nut:
Language and words have come from every where on earth even down to Aisan, middle Asia and tribes. |
| John Stevenson:
Wot ??????????????? |
| awemawson:
--- Quote from: John Stevenson on May 12, 2015, 04:16:43 AM ---Wot ??????????????? --- End quote --- Ginger must be referring to the Fukawe tribe, those short people that live in the regions of long grass :lol: |
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