i like that the word for the cornish language in breton is essentially "big cornish"¹ because "cornish"² on its own would mean the dialect of breton.

1. kerneveureg. kernev is cognate with the welsh "cernyw" and english "cornwall", but refers to a region in brittany. and kernev-veur is used to mean cornwall, and means "big cornwall" essentially.

2. kerneveg is a dialect of breton, and the word cognate with the welsh "cernyweg" and english "cornish".

interesting also how wales in irish is "an bhreatain bheag", i.e. "the small britain". which is also essentially what the word brittany means in english. brittany is also called "small britain" in scottish gaelic - "a' bhreatann bheag".

and the irish "an bhreatain mhór" is "the big britain", which is again what it's basically called in english too - great britain.

i like that the word for the cornish language in breton is essentially "big cornish"¹ because "cornish"² on its own would mean the dialect of breton.

1. kerneveureg. kernev is cognate with the welsh "cernyw" and english "cornwall", but refers to a region in brittany. and kernev-veur is used to mean cornwall, and means "big cornwall" essentially.

2. kerneveg is a dialect of breton, and the word cognate with the welsh "cernyweg" and english "cornish".

i find it weird when people describe themselves as "refugees" or "diaspora" of cohost/tumblr/whatever other site. idk i just feel like those words have much more serious(?) connotations than just not being ona website anymore

umm sneak preview of my work-in-progress celtic languages webring page?? this page format does not work great on mobile, and also i know my site button image isn't working there, it's because i still haven't made one for my celtic languages site yet