Words for tracks & paths in Celtic languages.
| Old Irish (Goídelc) | casán / cosán = path, footpath |
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| Irish (Gaeilge) | cosán [kəˈsˠɑːn̪ˠ / ˈkɔsˠɑːnˠ / ˈkɑsˠɑnˠ] = path, footway, track; way, passage; direction |
| Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) | casan [kasan] = path, supporting beam, treadle, wattle |
| Manx (Gaelg) | cassan = path, trajectory, passage, sidewalk, thoroughfare |
Etymology: from the Old Irish cos (foot) & -án [source].
| Proto-Celtic | *slixtus = track, section |
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| Old Irish (Goídelc) | slicht [sʲl͈ʲixt] = path, trace, track, trail, section, offspring |
| Irish (Gaeilge) | sliocht = mark, trace, track; offspring, line, progeny, posterity; passage, tract, extract |
| Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) | sliochd [ʃlixg] = descendants, offspring, increase, progeny, succession, lineage |
| Manx (Gaelg) | sliught = line, issue, spawn |
| Welsh (Cymraeg) | llywbr = path, footpath, beaten track, unmade pathway; footprints, tracks, trail; course, direction, orbit; method, manner, mode |
| Old Irish (Goídelc) | slighe [sʲl͈ʲixt] = path, trace, track, trail, section, offspring |
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| Irish (Gaeilge) | slí = way, road, track; route, passage; course, direction; distrance, journey; means, method |
| Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) | slighe [ʃLʲi.ə] = path, track, trail, way; course, passage, route |
| Manx (Gaelg) | sleayd (?) = trail, dredge, sledge, toboggan, trailer |
| Proto-Celtic | *sentus = path, way |
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| Old Irish (Goídelc) | sét [sʲl͈ʲixt] = path, trace, track, trail, section, offspring |
| Irish (Gaeilge) | séad = path, way; course, journey |
| Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) | séad = way, road |
| Proto-Brythonic | *hɨnt [hɨnt] = path, way |
| Middle Welsh (Kymraec) | hint, hynt = way, path, course |
| Welsh (Cymraeg) | hynt [hɨ̞nt / hɪnt] = way, path, course, journey, march; career, expedition, campaign, venture; affair; fate, condition, state; mood, freak, whim |
| Middle Cornish | hyns [hɪns] = course, path, road, way |
| Cornish (Kernewek) | hens [hɛnz] = course, path, road, way |
| Old Breton | hint = path, road |
| Middle Breton | hent = path, road |
| Breton (Brezhoneg) | hent [hɛ̃nd] = path, road |
Etymology: from the Proto-Indo-European *sent- (to head for, go, travel) [source].
Words marked with a * are reconstructions.
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