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in reply to a message by Louis Chagnon
It says on this website that Lloyd is from the Welsh llwyd meaning "grey". Not from Louis.
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Welsh Ll would require an earlier tl, Thl or in this case fl (floyd is an Anglicisation of an earlier version before modifcation of f to th and merger of the thl cluster to the phoneme represented by Welsh ll). this rules out a derivation from Chlodovicus/Ludovicus (this is actually the same name Latinized at different times from different Germanic dialects). Clyde is from the river, via a family/toponymic name, not continuous with Saxon era names.
This message was edited 9/8/2021, 10:16 AM
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