Even the town name of Penicuick has been severely mashed over time, from the Brythonic version, Pen Y Cog.
It just sticks out for me because I live nearby.
It just sticks out for me because I live nearby.
October 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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For the moment I am starting with trying to identify such drifts:
#Goidelic k / c → #Brythonic p e.g. #Irish / #Scots ceann “head” vs Welsh pen
Brythonic gw‑ → Goidelic f‑ e.g. Welsh gwyn “white” vs Irish/Scots fionn
s‑ in Goidelic → h‑ in Brythonic sean “old” vs hen
I have to check
#Goidelic k / c → #Brythonic p e.g. #Irish / #Scots ceann “head” vs Welsh pen
Brythonic gw‑ → Goidelic f‑ e.g. Welsh gwyn “white” vs Irish/Scots fionn
s‑ in Goidelic → h‑ in Brythonic sean “old” vs hen
I have to check
October 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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I want to draw the rabbits as an anthro, but it begs the question about their clothes. So far their culture gives me vaguely Celtic/Brythonic vibes so maybe go with that? 🤔
October 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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TIL that Cardiff achieved city status this day in 1905. And that the name Caerdydd probably came from the Welsh/Brythonic meaning 'fort on the river Taff'.
TIL that Cardiff achieved city status this day in 1905. And that the name Caerdydd probably came from the Welsh/Brythonic meaning 'fort on the river Taff'.
October 28, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Roman Stane Street crossing Bignor Hill. Celtic legend says the remains of an old dragon can be seen in the folds of the hill. Good to remember that Sussex was once brythonic Celtic, when far right loons want to convince us that Saxons are the real "English". Migration is the essence of our country.
October 28, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Cumbria is part of Wales - no?
Cumbria / Cymru
- Brythonic word combrogi (“fellow countrymen”)
Cumbria / Cymru
- Brythonic word combrogi (“fellow countrymen”)
October 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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The mountains of Eryri is now the accepted term. And in deep time, we shared the same brythonic language and culture!
October 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Gawain's name in the Brythonic languages is Gwalchmei/Gwalc'hmoei, probably "Hawk of May". (Compare Galahad which is probably Gwalchafed: "Hawk of Summer".)
It's possible *Gwalx-mae got mixed up with *Gwalx-gwɨnn: "White-Hawk", but *Gwalx- in any case.
It's possible *Gwalx-mae got mixed up with *Gwalx-gwɨnn: "White-Hawk", but *Gwalx- in any case.
October 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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i thought it was glas cae, green field (cos glas used to mean green, and still does in irish. I don't think in brythonic times we even had the concept of blue?)
October 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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An American is trying to revive a lost pre-Roman, pre-Welsh Brythonic language, with no written records of it. Given the animosity towards Welsh as a living language, esp. with Reform looming in the distance, good luck with that.
October 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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For the Govan Stones I go at lengths to explain they were a Brythonic Celtic speaking people and the Hogbacks could have a Viking artistic influence but were most likely made for the Strathclyde Kings
so its funny going seeing posts/videos claiming it was a Viking graveyard but what can you do?
so its funny going seeing posts/videos claiming it was a Viking graveyard but what can you do?
October 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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You forgot the original Brythonic people! We’re still here; we’re now called The Welsh…
October 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Old English being a derivative Germanic language brought here by economic migrants from Europe. Before that, you either spoke Brythonic (the predecessor to Welsh. Cornish and Breton) or if you were educated, Latin. Following the Norman (French) invasion in the 12th Century, English nearly died out.
BREAKING: Shabana Mahmood announces that immigrants will have to recite Beowulf in its entirety in Old English, without notes, before being allowed entry to the U.K.
October 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Come on, Dan. Gymraeg is a fascinating link to our (mostly) shared Brythonic past, but a minor option for non-UK linguists. The chances of large numbers of people wanting to sit an immigration test in it are, if we're honest, not strong.
October 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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I've found myself struggling for a threefold both I might borrow the Brythonic count of tethera for it
October 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Britannia wasn't exactly an exonym. It ultimately seems to be based on a Brythonic endonym, of which Welsh Prydain ("Britain") is a descendant. And even the Caledonians (like their descendants the Picts) seem to have had pretty Brythonic looking names.
October 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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“Froom”. Apparently from Proto-Brythonic, a language which dates back to the 6th century BCE. This is a really good (and funny) video that goes into more detail on why our place names seem so deliberately obtuse.
Why are British place names so hard to pronounce?
YouTube video by Jay and Mark
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October 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Now I'm gonna get cheese etymology madness again because it's cáis which does seem like caseus but I cannot accept that nobody was making curds before the Romans came around. I refuse. Is there quark in Brythonic-speaking countries?
October 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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jumping in at the deep end and going with reconstructed brythonic, then it'll all be easy
October 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Per etymonline.com it's a bit uncertain but maybe a reference to its face resembling a badge. Brock, on the other hand, was borrowed by Old English from Celtic (Brythonic I guess, but it doesn't say).
Online Etymology Dictionary
The online etymology dictionary (etymonline) is the internet's go-to source for quick and reliable accounts of the origin and history of English words, phrases, and idioms.
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October 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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IIRC similar root Broc from the Irish and Broch from welsh/pictish/brythonic
October 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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That and this island has always been colonised since the Brythonic era, every ruler since England was England has been from or descended from the invading population. I cant help but wonder if that has influenced the xenophobia thats so pervasive.
October 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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are you okay with goidelic girls. or like. brythonic girls
October 5, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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... ancient Britons. And the premise the earlier poster suggested is incorrect - because ancient Britons didn't speak a Gaelic language. They spoke Brythonic languages (of which Welsh is certainly one modern example).
October 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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No you've misremembered, Welsh isn't a Gaelic language and Scottish Gaelic and Irish aren't Brythonic languages.
October 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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