Words for wagons & carts in Celtic languages:
Proto-Celtic | *wegnos = wagon, cart |
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Old Irish (Goídelc) | fén [fʲeːn] = wagon, cart |
Irish (Gaeilge) | féan [fʲeːnˠ] = wagon, wain, cart |
Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) | feun [fian] = cart, wain, chariot |
Manx (Gaelg) | fainagh = chariot |
Proto-Brythonic | *gweɨn = wagon, cart |
Welsh (Cymraeg) | gwain [ɡwai̯n] = sheath, scabbard, case, covering, nut of a screw, narrow thing, confined space, foreskin, vagina |
Old Cornish | guein = vagina |
Cornish (Kernewek) | goen = vagina |
Breton (Brezhoneg) | gouin = sheath |
Etymology: from the Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (to go, transport) [source].
Sources: Wiktionary, Am Faclair Beag, teanglann.ie, On-Line Manx Dictionary, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, Gerlyver Kernewek, Dictionnaire Favereau