Quote Originally Posted by Ivor View Post
Gaelic may well have this word but Welsh also does so does that mean a common root? Dafydd ar y gareg gwen - David of the white rock. There seem too many similarities to assume that these languages developed in isolation.
The languages began to diverge into "P-Celtic" and "Q-Celtic" in southern France probably around 1000BC. There are many words which are virtually the same though the languages are no longer mutually intelligible.

Alan