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Re:Tin Found in Israel from 3k Years Ago Comes from Cornwall by mprev on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @11:46AM (#22119141)
I’m not an expert so forgive what might be a naive question.

Even if the languages had not split, could there still not be regionalised influences on place names?

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Re:Tin Found in Israel from 3k Years Ago Comes from Cornwall by gbear605 on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @12:33PM (#22119811)
That’s true, but the long time change leaves it quite unlikely that the names would leave enough of a remnant of a particular sounds that you could point to a Phoenician influence.
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