Jhynjhiruu
Jhynjhiruu@toot.wales
<p>Shwmae! Myfyriwr o Loegr ydw i. Rwy'n astudio cyfrifiadureg ond rwy'n caru ieithoedd, ieithyddiaeth a gemau fideo hefyd. Dim ond dysgwr y Gymraeg ydw i!<br />Hello! I'm a student from the UK. I'm studying computer science, but I love languages, linguistics and video games too.</p>
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Post #1436773
@deshipu it&#39;s worth noting that sidhe (modern Irish &#39;sí&#39;, Scottish Gaelic &#39;sìth&#39;, Manx &#39;shee&#39;) doesn&#39;t have anything whatsoever to do with the meaning &#39;pale&#39;.
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Post #1436772
@deshipu Fairy doesn&#39;t mean &#39;pale&#39; either. It&#39;s derived (via Old French) from Latin &#39;fāta&#39;, referring to the goddess of fate. Aos sí (modern Irish) definitely doesn&#39;t mean &quot;settled people&quot;, since Irish is a living language and the speakers will happily tell you that it means fairies. The derivation of Old Irish &#39;áes síde&#39; is just &#39;people of fairy mounds&#39;. Proto-Celtic *sīdos had already lost...
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Post #1436771
@deshipu so, your theory is that various different indo-european cultures all separately translated the previous inhabitants&#39; words for them into their own languages, and then these terms all separately shifted to refer to fairies, through various complex derivations, some of which have far simpler accepted explanations?
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Post #1436769
@mossfet speaks german like the little german boy