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Re: [romconlang] coelestial

John Cowan wrote:


Anton Sherwood scripsit:


Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:


BTW, is Thalmannus the correct Latinization or do you
prefer Coelander? ;)


Christian Thalmann wrote:
Coelander sounds very cool, I should adopt that as a pseudonym. =) I don't quite understand where you get that from. Coel- sounds like "sky", and -ander looks Greek. . . . 

And there is your hint.  Greek _koilos_ means `hollow' in both senses.



Star Trek episode:  For the world is koilos, and I have touched the caelum!



NB that Latin 'sky' is with _ae_, as testified by the rising diphthong
in French _ciel_.  The Medieval _oe_ spelling was influenced by the
Greek 'hollow' word.

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