Words for to swallow, to gulp and related things in Celtic languages.
Words marked with a * are reconstructions.
| Proto-Celtic | *slunketi = to swallow |
|---|---|
| Old Irish (Goídelc) | sluicid = to swallow slucait [ˈsl̪u.ɡəd̠ʲ] = throat, gullet |
| Middle Irish | sluicid. slocaid = to swallow, to engulf slucait = the throat, gullet, swallow slucud, slocud, slocod = act of swallowing, engulfing, chewing sloicthech = devouring |
| Irish (Gaeilge) | slog [sˠl̪ˠɔɡ] = gulp, swallow, draught, swig; to swallow, to engulf, to sink, to draw in, to recede, to absorb quickly, to accept eagerly, credulously slogach = swallowing, engulfing, gulping, gluttonous slogadh = to swallow slogaide = gullet, swallow-hole slogaire = swallower, gulper, glutton slogaireacht = swallowing, gulping, gluttony slogóg = a gulp, swig, draught slograch = sink-hole, sink (geological) |
| Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) | slug [sl̪ˠug] = swallow, gulp, slur slugadh [sl̪ˠugəɣ] = (act of) swallowing, gulping, swallow, gulp, slurring, slur slugag [sl̪ˠugag] = small gulp, small pool slugaid [sl̪ˠugadʲ] = throat, gullet, gully slugaire [sl̪ˠugɪrʲə] = glutton, heavy drinker slugaist [sl̪ˠugɪʃdʲ] = gulp, mouthful (of liquid) slugan [sl̪ˠugan] = gullet, oesophagus, vortex, gorge, gulf, gossip sluganach = voracious, gluttonous |
| Manx (Gaelg) | slug = swig, swallow, draught sluggey = to swallow, swig, slug, guzzle, devour, gulp, engulf; devouring, swallowing, gulping sluggag = a swallow, gulp, swig |
| Proto-Brythonic | *llunk = swallow (?) |
| Middle Welsh (Kymraec) | llwngc, llwnc, llwng = gullet, oesophagus, thraot, draught, gulp llỽngk, lỽnck, llyngku, llyngcu = to swallow llyngkedigaeth = fissure, gulf, chasm llyncua = gullet, oesophagus, throat |
| Welsh (Cymraeg) | llwnc, llwng = gullet, oesophagus, thraot, draught, gulp llyncu [ˌɬəŋkɨ̞ ˌɬəŋki] = to swallow (up), devour, cosume, gulp, eat up, drink up, assimilate, engulf, believe unquestioningly llyncu mul = to sulk (“to swallow a mule”) llyncadwy = ravenous, voracious, absorbable llyncedig = swallowed, absorbed llyncedigaeth = fissure, gulf, chasm llyncfa = gullet, oesophagus, throat, pharynx, fauces, swallow, gulp, draught, fissue, gulf, chasm, bog, whirlpool llync(i)ad = a swallowing, a gulp, swallow, draught, devouring, gulping down (of food) llyncwr = one who swallows, swallower, drinker, gulper, devourer, destroyer, gullible person |
| Middle Cornish (Cernewec / Kernuak) | lency, lenky = to swallow, to absorb |
| Cornish (Kernewek) | lenki = to swallow, absorb, take up lonk = gullet, gully lonkwolghi = to gargle |
| Old Breton (Brethonoc) | ro-luncas = to swallow |
| Middle Breton (Brezonec) | loncaff, louncquaff = to swallow, to engulf, to devour |
| Breton (Brezhoneg) | lonk [ˈlɔ̃ŋk] = (the act of) swallowing lonkad = draught, sip lonkadeg = gluttony, drinking lonkadenn = sip, draught, absorption lonkadur = absorption, (the act of) swallowing lonkañ [ˈlɔ̃ŋ.kã] = to swallow, to absorb, to consume, to let escape lonkek [ˈlɔ̃ŋ.kek] = voracious, greedy lonker [ˈlɔ̃ŋ.kɛr] = glutton, (intemperate) drinker |
Etymology: from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lewg- *(s)lewk-. Words from the same roots include slokken (to swallow gluttonously) in Dutch, schlucken (to swallow, to gulp, to gobble up) in German, and szlug (cigarette) in Polish [source].
Sources: Wiktionary, Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic, In Dúil Bélrai English – Old Irish glossary, eDIL – Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, Teanglann.ie, Am Faclair Beag, An etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language, Fockleyreen: Manx – English Dictionary, Online Manx Dictionary, Gaelg Corpus, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, Lexicon cornu-britannicum : a dictionary of the ancient Celtic language of Cornwall, Gerlyver Kernewek, Devri : Le dictionaire diachronique du breton, Geriafurch, TermOfis
