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The number of English words known to be derived from the Brittonic language is remarkably small. In fact, as far as can be ascertained it is lower than the number of words of Gaulish origin found in the English language, which arrived through Norman French. However, this is to be expected, given the socio-historical relationship between Old English and Brittonic; the influence of the Brittonic language has been more prominent in other areas such as syntax.〔Tristram, Hildegaard 2007: "Why Don't the English Speak Welsh" ( *belgā''), and also that some of them have been misidentified as Gaulish via French, which are simply unattested until after the Norman invasion. ==Other sources of Celtic words in English== This list does not include words of Celtic origin borrowed into English from other languages, namely: *Later Brythonic: Welsh (e.g. "coracle, flannel"), Cornish (e.g. "wrasse", possibly "gull"), Breton (e.g. "dolmen, menhir"), or others unknown ("gull" ?). *Gaelic (e.g. "keening, bog, bother, hubbub, glen, clan", possibly ''gob'') *Gaulish (via Norman French or Latin: "ambassador, bound, car, carpenter, piece," etc. and possibly "beak, bran, flannel, gallon," etc.) *Gaulish or similar Indo-European via early Germanic (e.g. "down"〔Douglas Harper, "Online Etymology Dictionary" - (down (n.2) ), retrieved Mar. 1, 2014.〕), or Gaulish or Gallo-Latin via early Germanic ("bin"〔Douglas Harper, "Online Etymology Dictionary" - (bin (n.) ), retrieved Mar. 1, 2014.〕) unless there is room for doubt. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of English words of Brittonic origin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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