John Dingley:Etymology of Gaelic 'bat'

Wed Jul 16 12:15:29 UTC 2003

Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 17:17:09 -0400
From: "John Dingley" <jdingley at YorkU.CA>
To: CELTLING at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
Subject: bat

Hi,

Might someone be able to help me out?

I have been looking high and low for the etymology of the following
Celtic words for "bat", viz. Gaelic "dialtag" (earlier "ialtag"?)
and Irish "ialtÛg". One source gave these as diminutives of an
earlier "iatlu" by metathesis, but offered no etymology.

I was wondering if the Celtic "dall" = "blind" might be involved.
Cf. Breton "logod dall" = "blind mouse".

Thanks in advance.

Best,
John Dingley

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