Talk:Cymry

Etymology
CYMRY has been assigned to various guesses including COMBROGES (with the country)[2] - employing a Classical preposition with a Celtic noun! Forget COMRADE[0] that is merely a folk etymology. The modern consensus is that it is derived from Brittonic *Kombrogi, meaning “compatriots”[3]. The dubious character of this, however, is the analogy of "Kom-" to Latin CUM (with). The Cimmerians and the Cimbrians are said to be ancient remnants of the tribe of GOMER. The pronunciation of Cymry [which see], answers to this possible unattested origin being GOMER[4], (via the origin posed on the main page); whose descendants spread over most of Southern Europe, except for Southern Spain. However, Montgomery has NOTHING to do with Gomer[0]! Initially, the inhabitants of South Spain were from JAVAN > ultimately IONA[7]. ("JAVAN" is just the Anglicised spelling of the original.)

[0] means 'Absolutely not; [1] means 'Exceedingly unlikely'; [2] means 'Very dubious'; [3] means 'Questionable'; [4] means 'Possible'; [5] means 'Probable'; [6] means 'Likely'; [7] means 'Most Likely' or *Unattested; [8] means 'Attested'; [9] means 'Obvious' - only used for close matches within the same language or dialect, at linkable periods.

Andrew H. Gray 20:45, 4 November 2015 (UTC) Andrew (talk)