Basque <ibili>

[Hans Holm]

No problem to change it a little:

>  What about being 'bil' a loan from Gaulish?
>      PIE *kwel-  > Cel *kwi:l-   > Gaul *pi:l  > ! >  bask. bil
>   cf PIE *penque > Cel *kwinkwe  > Gaul *pimpetos (ordinal)

1) Regarding the semantics:
    Remember that the Celts were famous for their cartwright-technique.
2) Regarding the phonetics: loans are often changed to the next native sound
    available. Listen to a Bavarian trying to spell "German"! He most times
    will change the [dzh-]>[tsh-] (cave any Bav. reading here!).
   Of course the i-prefixed verbform is an argument /against/ borrowing from
   Celtic.

HJH