What did the Gauls refer to themselves as?

Sounds good to me :)

It does. This of course leaves the etymology of "Qriti" unsolved, but... well, one can't solve everything. :p

Hmm "Higher/Better/Bigger Men" along the lines of the Yearlings ;)

Hehehe... given how the Gauls definitely had delusions of grandeur in their naming conventions (Orgetorix = "Slayer King", Vercingetorix = "Over Warrior King", Catuvolcos = "Battle Falcon", etc...), I would not rule that out... :cool:

Tempting indeed yes but not quite Atlantean ;) :D

No, it obviously isn't as far out as any crazy theories about Atlantis, and it's actually very plausible, but the question remains nonetheless, can you test it?
 
It does. This of course leaves the etymology of "Qriti" unsolved, but... well, one can't solve everything. :p
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Indeed.
Assuming the "t" is a past tense infix the nearest we can get at the mo is some dialectal variant of "separated ones" or "encrusted ones"

Hehehe... given how the Gauls definitely had delusions of grandeur in their naming conventions (Orgetorix = "Slayer King", Vercingetorix = "Over Warrior King", Catuvolcos = "Battle Falcon", etc...), I would not rule that out... :cool:
That was my thought too :cool:

No, it obviously isn't as far out as any crazy theories about Atlantis, and it's actually very plausible, but the question remains nonetheless, can you test it?
I wish :(. Short of finding ancient artefacts suggesting that, all it can remain is a hypothesis based on the fact it helps us answer those odd curious questions.
Another reason to want a TARDIS :p
 
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Indeed.
Assuming the "t" is a past tense infix the nearest we can get at the mo is some dialectal variant of "separated ones" or "encrusted ones"

That's actually a huge problem in regard for our understanding of the classical Celtic languages (principally Gaulish, because it's by the far the best-understood of them, but it applies also for Celtiberian or even Archaic Irish): we have only a very fragmentary understanding about conjugation in the old Celtic languages, principally because any of the modern Celtic languages have an additional 2000 years of evolution and aren't exactly representative as a result.

Declension in Gaulish is reasonably well-understood, but you cannot write complete sentences in a dead language just with nouns... :p

That was my thought too :cool:

:D

I wish :(. Short of finding ancient artefacts suggesting that, all it can remain is a hypothesis based on the fact it helps us answer those odd curious questions.
Another reason to want a TARDIS :p

LOL. Basically, yes, short of a TARDIS it's very difficult.
 
Regarding, the word "Kelti", it is in itself most curious enough. The best and most convincing etymology I found for "Kelti" is that means something akin to "heroes" (not necessarily the same meaning, but a similar one) and that it is actually a cognate with Germanic words for "hero": Dutch, German "Held", Danish "Helt", Swedish "Hjälte" (also, consider that Proto Indo-European Initial *K is rendered as *H).

So we could call their language the Hero's Tongue?:p
 
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