Words for street in Celtic languages.
Words marked with a * are reconstructions.
| Old Irish (Goídelc) | sráit [sraːdʲ] = street, road |
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| Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) | sráit [sraːdʲ] = street, road, path, way |
| Irish (Gaeilge) | sráid [sˠɾˠɑːdʲ / sˠɾˠæːdʲ] = street, level (surfaced) ground around house, village sráidbhaile = village sráideánach = villager, townsman sráidéigeas = street singer sráideoireacht = street-walking, strolling sráidí = street-walker, stroller, idler |
| Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) | sràid [sdraːdʲ] = street, lane sràideachd [sdraːdʲəxg] = (act of) walking the streets, (act of) pacing sràideag [sdraːdʲag] = small lane, skip, leap, short walk, street walker sràideamaich [sdraːdʲəmɪç] = promenade, perambulate, saunter, stroll, lounge sràidimeachd [sdraːdʲɪməxg] = promenading, perambulating, sauntering, strolling, lounging sràidean [sdraːdʲan] = little street sràidearachd [sdraːdʲərəxg] = (act of) sauntering, promenading |
| Manx (Gaelg) | straid = street, farmyard, thoroughfare straaid = street |
| Middle Welsh (Kymraec) | stryd, ystryd, ystryt = street, (main) road, highway |
| Welsh (Cymraeg) | (y)stryd, (y)strŷt = street, (main) road, highway strydgall = streetwise stryd fawr = high street, main street stryd unffordd = one-way street |
| Cornish (Kernewek) | stret [strɛ:t / stre:t] = street stret unfordh = one-way street stretwikor, stretwikores = street-trader stretyn = alley, little street |
| Middle Breton (Brezonec) | strehet = alley, lane, road |
| Breton (Brezhoneg) | straed [ˈstrɛːt] = alley, lane, road narrow path, throat straed-dall = cul-de-sac |
Etymology: from the Old Norse stræti (street) or the Old English strǣt (road, street), from the Proto-Germanic *strātō (street), both of which come from the Late Latin strāta (a paved road), from strātus (stretched out, spread out), from Proto-Italic *strātos, from PIE *str̥h₃tós (stretched, spread) [source].
From the same roots we get words such as stratum, stratus (cloud), and strategy in English, estrato (layer, stratum) in Spanish, στρατός [stɾaˈtos] (army) in Greek, and words for (flat) valley in Celtic languages, such as srath in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, and ystrad in Welsh [source].
Sources: Wiktionary, Am Faclair Beag, Online Manx Dictionary, Teanglann.ie, eDIL – Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, In Dúil Bélrai English – Old Irish glossary, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, Gerlyver Kernewek, Dictionaire Favereau, TermOfis, English – ProtoCeltic WordList (PDF), Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic
