Supposed "Irish saints" in Cornwall=intriguing--eg. is St Ia "otherwise unknown" Irish saint, or 4thC Persian St Ia?!pic.twitter.com/MJPOyZnOlK
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@VoxHiberionacum > adopted Romanitas in 5/6thC Dumnonia to me... On name, Padel seems fairly clear Cornish form is Ia/Ya, and the 'v' is >
@VoxHiberionacum > "non-original" in his view... Otoh, if a clear Irish etymology for Ia available, then might be convinced! ;) Question >
@VoxHiberionacum > is, is there a 5thC reconstructed Irish form that would regularly become Cornish Ya via normal sound changes a la >
@VoxHiberionacum > Jackson/Sims-Williams etc, or are we relying on "corruption"? The former would be interesting, the latter less so! ;)
@caitlinrgreen 'iva' as name form attested ogam stones in Leinster from a v. early church ident with women founders http://ogham.celt.dias.ie/stone.php?lang=en&site=National_Museum&stone=19._Colbinstown_I …
@VoxHiberionacum yes, the IVACATTOS stone is interesting, but Q is, would a similar fem name borrowed into British in 5thC regularly >
@VoxHiberionacum >become Middle Cornish Ya (two syllables) after all relevant sound changes? Hmm. Not w/ relevant books atm so can't check >
@VoxHiberionacum > now, but will do :) Changes can be quite dramatic e.g. Lindenses > OW Linnuis. In any case, however, -v- looks >
@VoxHiberionacum > to be non-original and arose in 14thC, looking at early forms... :/
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