Specimen of an etimological vocabulary, or, essay, by means of the analitic method, to retrieve the antient Celtic / By the author of a pamphlet entitled, The way to things by words, and to words by things [i.e. J. Cleland].

  • John Cleland
Date:
1768
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Credit: Specimen of an etimological vocabulary, or, essay, by means of the analitic method, to retrieve the antient Celtic / By the author of a pamphlet entitled, The way to things by words, and to words by things [i.e. J. Cleland]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 20^ ] by extending its' defeription to the farthefl: parts of the North of Europe. But, if the Italians called the Tramontani Celts^ the Celtic nations in return, and correlatively, gave to the Italians, upon the very fame principle, the name of Celts^ which anfwers to Vltramontani; fo that in fa61:, and very probably from that circum- ftance, Europe itfelf had the name of Hellotia ot Cellotiay till the Afiatic appellation for it of Europay which fignifies a land facing or oppoiite to the Eaft, Eupu? & at length prevailed, and continues in force to this day. The name of Celts was convertible with that of Galliy which being, in fact, nothing but a diale^i- cal variation of found, fignifies refpe^tively to Italy, the fame as Eramontaniy except indeed Gallia CifaE pina *, which forms upon the like^principie of All Gaily or Celly both fignifying hilly but with an ob- vioufly different modification. Our Wales or Gallia means literally nothing more than a mountainous country, a Kym^bro ; whereas the word Celt or Gaulijh admits of that relatively reciprocal exten- fion above noted. * This word oiFers here a fair occafion of accounting for thofe famous diffinclions of parcy, the Guelphs 5?.nd Ghibelines. One of thofe names have been, like fo many others, deduced from a pro¬ per name ; the other, without the Qiadow of reafon or propriety, from fomeobfeure or non-exiftent village in Germany. The party of the PaDalilis gave to themfelves the name of Guelphs^ a corruption of ^i-Alp^ Cifalpine, on this fide of ths. Alps. The Italian party, in fhort. To the Imperialifts, or German party, they gave the nick-name of Ghibfdins, t.Ten from the Ltngua Franca, which fignifies Fra- fKontani, from Ghihal, a mountain. Whence that pleonafm Mon- gibello : whence Ghibaltariff (Gibraltar), the mountain of Tariff, the Mooriih general who made good his landing there,. But,-irf thisfolution of the word Guelph, you have the true derivation of thst appellative of the houfe of BranfvVick, which was originally of Italian or Cifalpine extraction. , •