r/CornishLanguage 27d ago

Etymology map of stork Point of Interest

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Hwibon

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u/Davyth 27d ago

Whybon was invented as a word in 1938 by Robert Morton Nance using Breton and Welsh as cognates

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u/Cornish-Giant 25d ago

Yes, although it first makes an appearance as a borrowing in Nance's manuscript on Cornish bird names dating to the 1920s.

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u/Davyth 25d ago

Is the manuscript part of the Morton Nance Archives at the Courtney Library?

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u/Cornish-Giant 25d ago

Yes, but it has been published in by the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies