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ArchivesPosible relationship between Haul in Welsh an Ancient Greek
I was wondering if there might be any conecction between Haul (Sun) in Welsh (sounds very much like "Heal" in English); and the ancient Greek word for "Sun": Helios; which means both "sun" and is the name of the sun god. Since many greek words were adopted by Latin, and later on were acquired by many languages worlwide, for obviuos reasons; I thuoght it´s not entirely improbable to think that Welsh adopted the word from Latin 2000 thousand years ago or so, and kept it. I must add that the greek word has reamined in other different forms, as in: "heliocentric".
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You'd have to go right back to Sanskrit - the common origin of all the languages you are considering. Why would the Welsh not have a word of their own for the sun, even if it doesn't appear very often in Wales? They'd have to borrow words for concepts they'd never developed or things they'd never seen - ideas from Roman and Christian religions, for instance, or, more recently, foods like pizza.
Having said that, it looks convincing but I don't know. Will try to find out this evening and get back to ou.
Having said that, it looks convincing but I don't know. Will try to find out this evening and get back to ou.
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