Different languages coming together at the same time and the same place can produce difficulties in talking and understanding one another. The dominate tongue of choice and influence will even affect the naming of children. As stated in the last post, the Norman-French vogue helped name one of my great...grandfather Jeuaf (JH-1) and, began a number of changes to the family. To help demonstrate the languages of the day, the following table is shown giving a comparison of the common words of life.
Birth, baby, infant, and child are all common words used in the events of life. The words are shown for each language of this time and, can be compared to the English spellings. Man what a deal! Note the Welsh spellings for each word. Tongue twisters all compared to Latin, French, Greek, and Anglo-Saxon. Now think how to name your child? My family used Jeuaf (JH-1) [no "J" in the Welsh language] or, maybe it was the ones recording the records of the day. Anyway, the next diagram shows old Jeuaf (JH-1) fitting into my Jones surname family tree.
Wow...my great conjunction.
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