#proto-celtic

[yvanspijk]

Gaulish Latin

Car, to change, piece - English borrowed these words from French, which in turn inherited them from Latin. But they weren't native Latin words. Latin got them from Gaulish, an extinct Celtic language that was spoken in Gaul, roughly modern-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of the Netherlands, Switzerland and Northern Italy. Gaulish was a great-aunt of Welsh, Irish and Breton. Today's graphic tells you about six common Romance words of Gaulish origin, and their modern Celtic cognates.

[celticstudies]

History shows that Britain has always been multilingual

By 43AD, when southern Britain became a Roman colony under emperor Claudius, the island was populated by speakers of several Celtic language

History shows that Britain has always been multilingual

[historyfiles]

Urnfield Culture: this is the label which is given to the earliest recognisably proto-Celtic group in Europe, a culture which arose gradually in Central Europe, to the north of the Alps between Bohemia and the Rhine where it replaced the Tumulus culture.

Early European Cultures - Urnfield Culture / Proto-Celts

Coverage of the early modern human archaeological cultures of Europe

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[mehilaiselokuva]

Finnish words by unusual language of origin

*note: this does not list all the languages that the word was borrowed from, only the oldest known origin of it

*also: if you've never seen a word on this list, please don't doxx me. These are all real words. I don't spread misinformation. Why do I still need to put this in my posts

Job: Ammatti (from proto-celtic *ambaxtos) Fun Fact: this is the same root that forms the english word “Ambassador”!

Wagon: Kärry (from proto-celtic *karros) Fun Fact: This is the root that forms the English word “Car”!

Poem: Runo (from proto-celtic *rūnā) Fun Fact: This is the root that forms the English word “Rune”!

Hikikomori: Hikky (from Japanese hikikomori 引き籠もり)

Clam: Simpukka (from Mandarin zhēnzhū 珍珠)

Goods: Tavara (from proto-turkic *tabar) Fun Fact: words descended from this root can be found as far as China and Siberia!

Dungeon, jail: Tyrmä (from proto-turkic *türmä) Fun Fact: This toot extends to Azerbaijan and even Yiddish!

Rauma (city name) (from proto germanic *straumaz meaning stream)

Cherry: Kirsikka (from ancient creek kerasós κερασός which might also have older forms) Fun Fact: this word is widespread, even appearing in Arabic.

God: Jumala (possibly from proto-indo-iranian) Fun Fact: This word could be related to Sanskrit dyumna द्युम्न if it is from proto-indo-iranian

[catt-nuevenor]

Morá

Have a gander at this from a Proto-Celtic Etymological Dictionary:

Read 'demon' with a fair amount of side-eye here, we're dealing with a translation and reconstruction from a post Christianisation period. When you see 'demon' think more 'supernatural being'.

A quick guide to the abbreviations:

GOID - Goidelic, Celtic language group including Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx.

PIE - Proto-Indo-European, ancestral language of many modern and ancient European Languages.

COGN - Think of it as comparative examples from languages outside of Proto-Celtic or its descendents.

Of the comparative examples:

OHG - Old High German

Russ - Russian

Croat - Croatian (Standard)

ETYM - Etymology

REF - Reference to source Dictionary texts.

Source: Matasović Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic

[worldofcelts]

Hello! I've also heard Vercingetorix pronounced with a hard 'g' in the "The Celts" show that BBC produced. Is that the correct pronunciation or is it the soft 'g'? Or does it go both ways? Thank you! 🌿

Hi. It all depends whether by correct you mean the modern spelling, original Proto-Celtic one, or the Latin one.

The modern would include both hard g and soft g as being commonly used and thus correct. The Proto-Celtic aspect remains a puzzle as we can only speculate over the correct Proto-Celtic elements that the name derives from (more on that here), and the Latin one is WUR-kin-GET-ariks. But considering other historians (ie. Plutarch) used a different version to address the Celt (Vergentorix), it makes the idea of the name/title’s authenticity even more confusing.

Hope that helps! :)

[aliceinmyland]

On DC's Legends of Tomorrow they say that an inscription on a chalice is in Proto-Celtic. Well, since it is a written inscription, it is not a proto language. Proto languages are reconstructed languages and have no written record of existing...