Sordhau wrote:Heloin wrote:Corn coming from the old english term of horn or headland in reference to the Peninsula (and referencing the brythonic tribe called the Cornovii (meaning people of the peninsula) who lived there) and wall which comes from the old english exonym wealh (coming from walhaz) which is the same word we get Welsh from meaning foreigner but that’s not deeply relevant. Effectively the name means Wales of the Horn or Wales of the Headlands and the people who live there are Cornish, people of the horn(headlands). The Cornish name Kernow comes from the same roots albeit from it’s celtic roots.
Corn comes from the proto-germanic word kurnam meaning small seeds in reference to any grain or cereal which would become korn in old english before morphing again into corn. It’s why it’s called barleycorn despite not being at all related to maize which is what most north Americans mean when they say corn. Of course deeply simplified.
Heloin won't let me make jokes. Sad.
There will be no funny business in the serious Cornish independence thread.













