Lloegr

[Christopher Gwinn]

> More likely, IMHO, sources for the first (?) element might be the IE roots
> for Gaelic

> lugh, 'small, lynx, Lugh (sun-god)'
>

Perhaps we have instead an o-grade from of PIE *legh- "lay," the same root
which gives English "low," especially since the name Loegyr refers to
"Lowland England."

Lug definitely comes from a -u-stem Lugus [likely related to luige "oath"],
lug "lynx" is likely represented by the o-stem lugos on the Tommerby
[Denmark] inscription that features a picture of a feline (there is also the
alleged Gaulish lugos "raven," which might simply have meant "black"), and
l(a)ugu "small" [=Welsh llaw] comes from a Celtic root *lag-[u].
*Lagi- (Irish laugu) would give a Welsh *Llai-, *Lago- would give Welsh
*Llaw-
*Lugo- (Irish lug "lynx") would give Welsh *Lau-
*Lugu- (Irish Lug) would give Welsh *Lleu

I have recently come upon some evidence which might suggest that Lloegyr
could come from a Brythonic *Logi-cori[i] "*Logi-troops," with Loegrwys =
*Logi-cor[i]-enses "People of the *Logi-troops."

-Chris Gwinn