Words for house, dwelling in Celtic languages.
Proto-Celtic | *tegos = house, dwelling |
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Old Irish (Goídelc) | tech [tʲex] = house |
Irish (Gaeilge) | teach [tʲax / tʲæːx] = house, habitation, dwelling, public building |
Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) | taigh [tɤj] = house |
Manx (Gaelg) | thie = house çhagh [tʃax] = house |
Proto-Brythonic | *tɨɣ = house |
Old Welsh | tig = house |
Welsh (Cymraeg) | tŷ [tɨː / tiː] = house, home, cell, chamber, place of worship |
Old Cornish | ti = house |
Cornish (Kernewek) | chi / chy [ʧi:] = house |
Old Breton | tig = house |
Breton (Brezhoneg) | ti = house |
Etymology: from the Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (cover, roof) [source], which is also the root of the words stegosaurus, toga, tile and thatch [source].
Words marked with a * are reconstructions.
Sources: Wiktionary, Am Faclair Beag, teanglann.ie, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, Gerlyver Kernewek, Dictionnaire Favereau