Basque <ibili>

[Christopher Gwinn]

There is indeed a Gaulish word which might have this root - Pilentum, a
Latinized Gaulish word for a  type of Vehicle - which should be *Pil-ont-on
in Gaulish (perhaps meaning "wheeled thing").

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hans Holm" <Hans_Holm at h2.maus.de>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 3:29 AM

In a nutshell:

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

Mit freundlichen Gr|_en
Hans J. Holm, Meckauerweg 18, D-30629 Hannover.