NSemitic borrowings: in response to Greg Web

[Miguel Carrasquer Vidal]

"Jim Rader" <jrader at m-w.com> wrote:

>The Middle Welsh form is <seith>.  The development of  Mod. Welsh
><saith> from British Celtic <*sext-> is completely regular except for the
>preservation of initial <s>.

Any theories on why it was preserved here?  Are there other
examples of preservation?

>The Gaulish ordinal for "seven" is
><sextametos>, if I remember correctly, and for "six" <suexos>.

Thanks.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv at wxs.nl
Amsterdam