I think that questions about, and friendly discussions of, the etymology of Irish words is within the scope of this forum. However, the parties involved in this discussion don't agree on what the appropriate standard of evidence is for this type of linguistic research. Without agreement on that, I don't think the discussion can go anywhere but further downhill. For that reason, I am locking this thread.

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