Words for trembling, fever and related words in Celtic languages. I chose these words because I have a bit of a fever at the moment.
| Proto-Celtic | *kritos = fever, trembling, shaking |
|---|---|
| Old Irish (Goídelc) | crith [ˈkʲr͈ʲiθ] = shaking, trembling crithnaigid = to shake, tremble |
| Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) | crith = shaking, trembling, a shake, tremble crothaid = shakes, causes to tremble, brandishes |
| Irish (Gaeilge) | crith [crʲɪ(h) / crʲɪç] = tremble, shiver, tremor, shudder, vibration, quiver; to tremble, shake critheagla = quaking fear, terror, timorousness crithloinnir = shimmer crithlonraigh = to shimmer creathán = to tremble, quiver creathánach = trembling, quivering, vibratory creathánaí = trembler |
| Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) | crith [krʲih] = quake, shudder, shock, shake, tremble, shiver, vibrate; quaking, shuddering, shocking, shaking, trembling, shivering critheanaich = trembling crith-cheòl = warbling, quavering, trills (in music) crith-thalmhainn = earthquake crithnich = quake, shudder, shake, tremble, shiver, vibrate |
| Manx (Gaelg) | crie = to shake craa = to shake |
| Old Welsh | crit = shivering, trembling, fever |
| Middle Welsh (Kymraec) | crid, cryt, kryt = shivering, trembling, fever crynei, krynu, krennit = to tremble, quake, shiver, shake |
| Welsh (Cymraeg) | cryd [krɨːd / kriːd] = shivering, trembling, dread, fear, ague, fever, disease crydu, crydio = to shake, tremble, quake crynu = to tremble, quake, shiver, shake, brandish, vibrate, quaver, gnash, twinkle echryd = dread, terror, fright, fear, trembling, shivering, tremor; fearful, dreadful, frightful ysgryd = shiver, trembling, shudder, fright, horror, agony |
| Middle Cornish (Cernewec) | crenne, cranna = to tremble, quake |
| Cornish (Kernewek) | kren = shake krena, kerna = to shake, shiver, tremble krenans = vibration Krener, Krenores = Quaker dorgrys = earthquake |
| Old Breton | crit = shivering, trembling |
| Middle Breton (Brezonec) | kren, crezn, creen, crein = trembling crenaff = to tremble crezn doüar, crein doüar = earthquake |
| Breton (Brezhoneg) | kren = trembling krenañ = to tremble kren-douar = earthquake krendourarel = seismic |
Etymology: from the Proto-Indo-European *krit-, from *(s)kreyt-, from *(s)ker- (twist, turn, bend) [source].
The English word scree (loose stony debris on a slope), comes from the same PIE root, via the Old Norse skriða (landscape, landslip) and the Proto-Germanic *skrīþaną (to crawl, glide, walk) [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, Gerlyvyr Cernewec, Dictionaire Favereau, TermOfis, Le dictionnaire diachronique du breton, Geriafurch, English – ProtoCeltic WordList (PDF), Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic
