Re: Celtic months (was: Some suggestions)

[Padraic Brown <pbrown@nova.umuc.edu>]

On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Raymond A. Brown wrote:

> >> Legal Kernu 'Cutios' (April) might be cognate with Céiteann (May) and
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> >If Ceiteann means 'head of summer', then no, as head was pennos (Pensamos,
> >perhaps).  Cutios is left unrevealled.
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> But 'ceud' in Gaelic is 1st, not head.  'Ceiteann' might be 1st (of summer) ?

I checked out my Gaulish source for this.  cintos is "first"; Cutios might
possibly be connected with the root cuti- "anger" or "rage"; though
that's a guess.

Padraic.

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