Words for hearing, fame renown and related things in Celtic languages.
Words marked with a * are reconstructions.
Proto-Celtic | *klowos = hearing, fame, renown |
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Old Irish (Goídelc) | clú [kluː] = fame |
Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) | clú, clúu, clū = good repute, reputation, fame, good name, rumour, sound clúach = famous, famed, renowned, celebrated clúitech = famous, renowned clúmar = famous, renowned clúugud = act of singing the praises of, glorifying |
Irish (Gaeilge) | clú [klˠuː] = reputation, honour, renown clúiteach = of good repute, honoured, renowned |
Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) | cliù [kluː] = reputation, repute, fame, renown, prestige; credit; glory, praise cliùteach [kluːhdʲəx] = celebrated, famous, renowned, commendable, laudable cliùteachadh [kluːdʲəxəɣ] = celebrating, praising, lauding cliùteachd [kluːhdʲəxg] = celebrity, fame, renown cliùtich [kluːhdʲɪç] = celebrate, praise, laud cliùmhor [kluː(v)ər] = famous, renowned, prestigious |
Middle Welsh (Kymraec) | clywet, clywit, keleuuet = to hear, listen, feel, smell, taste, hearing, earshot, report |
Welsh (Cymraeg) | clyw [ˈklɨu̯ / ˈklɪu̯] = hearing, earshot clywaf, clywed = to hear, listen, feel, smell, taste, hearing, earshot, report |
Middle Cornish (Cernewec) | clevet = the hearing clewas, clowas = to hear, perceive, feel, smell clowans = the hearing, an echo |
Cornish (Kernewek) | klew [klɛˑʊ] = hearing klewansek = aesthetic klewell = hearing aid klewes = to feel, hear, perceive, sense, smell klewwelyek = audio-visual |
Middle Breton (Brezonec) | cleuet, claeuet, cleufuet = hearing |
Breton (Brezhoneg) | klev [klew/klef] = hearing klevedenn = hearsay kleved = hearing, hearsay klevigezh = to hear, feel klevijer = acoustic klevout = to hear |
Etymology: from Proto-Indo-European *ḱléwos (fame), from *ḱlew- (to hear) [source]. Words from the same roots include clement, client, listen and loud in English,
luid (loud, sound, assertion) in Dutch, sláva (fame, glory) in Czech, and hljóður (quiet, silent) in Icelandic [source].
Some words for Ears in Celtic languages also come from the same PIE roots.
Proto-Celtic | *klutom = rumour, fame, reputation |
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Celtiberian | *kolouton = fame (?) |
Gaulish | *kl(o)uton = fame (?) |
Old Irish (Goídelc) | cloth [kluː] = fame, reputation |
Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) | cloth, clóth = report, rumour, tidings, fame, reputation, generosity |
Irish (Gaeilge) | cloth [klˠuː] = report, rumour, fame, renown clothach = renowned clothaigh = to praise extol (literary) |
Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) | clòth† [klˠɔː] = victory, fame, praise, wind |
Proto-Brythonic | *klod = praise, fame (?) |
Middle Welsh (Kymraec) | clod, clot, klod = praise, fame, renown, reputation, honour, credit, famous, renowned clod ueith, clotueith = renowned, celebrated, famed |
Welsh (Cymraeg) | clod [ˈklɨu̯ / ˈklɪu̯] = hearing, earshot clodach = vain praise, flattery clodadwy = laudable, commendable, praiseworthy clodaf, clodi = to fill with praise, to praise clodebus = eulogistic, commendatory clodfolaf, clodfoli = to praise, eulogize, laud, extol |
Middle Cornish (Cernewec) | clos = glory, happiness, praise |
Old Breton (Brethonoc) | clot = fame, glory |
Middle Breton (Brezonec) | clot = fame, glory |
Breton (Brezhoneg) | klod [kloːt] = fame, glory diglod = without glory |
Etymology: from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós (famous) *ḱlew- (to hear) [source] – see above.
Manx words for fame include ard-ennym (eminence, fame, renown, title), ard-ghoo (fame, illustriousness, renown), and goo (voice, word, utterance, reputation, fame). Goo is cognate with guth (voice) in Irish and Scottish Gaelic.
Sources: Wiktionary, Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic, In Dúil Bélrai English – Old Irish glossary, eDIL – Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, Teanglann.ie, Am Faclair Beag, An etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language, Fockleyreen: Manx – English Dictionary, Online Manx Dictionary, Gaelg Corpus, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, Lexicon cornu-britannicum : a dictionary of the ancient Celtic language of Cornwall, Gerlyver Kernewek, Devri : Le dictionaire diachronique du breton, Dictionaire Favereau, TermOfis