Saerlaith Conwy
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Sáerlaith Conwy
- Middle Irish Gaelic given name Sáerlaith and the Welsh locative byname Conwy.
Sáerlaith
- Sáerlaith - Mari's Irish Annals has a single instance, dated 969 - https://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/all.shtml
- Need a later date to go with Conwy (unless find a pre-1269 date for Conwy)
Byname/Surname
- Conwy castle - there exists a petition mentioning Conwy castle, by this spelling, dated to 1378-1390
- Apparently, Edward I started building Conwy Castle in 1283. Before that, there was a monastery at that place, which
historians call Aberconwy. This was on the bank of the Conwy River.
- Need a date earlier than 1269 to go with Saerlaith, unless find a later date than 969 for Saerlaith.
Combination
- MI Gaelic and Welsh are a compatible lingual mix per SENA Appendix C
- MI Gaelic and Welsh are not in the same language family, so elements need to be within 300 years of each other, ibid