Words for house, town, village in Celtic languages.
Proto-Celtic | *baljo- (?) = house |
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Old Irish (Goídelc) | baile [ˈbalʲe] = place, homestead, town, city |
Irish (Gaeilge) | baile [ˈbˠalʲə] = home, place, township |
Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) | baile [balə] = town, township, village, hamlet, town, home, farm |
Manx (Gaelg | balley = town, home, farmstead, base |
Welsh (Cymraeg) | beili = bailey, outer court of castle, fort; (defensive) mound; enclosure, courtyard, yard, farmyard |
Words marked with a * are reconstructions.
Sources: Wiktionary, Am Faclair Beag, teanglann.ie, On-line Manx Dictionary, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, English-Proto-Celtic Word List