Keltic Cycles

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Wait, Elmet, are you seriously using Wikipedia as proof for anything?! come on... wikipedia?! talkabout non-academic. if wikipedia tends to have anything right it is only by chance, not essence. for instance, if i looked at their Proto-Germanic entry I would get pissed off really quick because it's outdated information and it's simply not correct even in the context of old information. don't believe me? it's very apparent after consulting free online materials such as Fick, Falk, Torp- part of the problem is the generalization aspect of wikipedia in relation to a concept that encompasses a longer timeline than can be generalized. also, modern Irish does not dictate Proto-Celtic by virtue of Celtic-ness... it SHOULD be so that a reconstructed Celtic language does not match what you'd expect- now if you argue phonemes/morphemes and Primitive Irish roots (or even PIE) that is something different. modern Germans shouldn't understand Proto-Germanic either and I expect the same complaints (although i admit i am surprised nobody has done so yet).