Words for nose and nostril in Celtic languages.
Proto-Celtic | *srognā = nose |
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Gaulish | *srognā = nose, nostril |
Old Irish (Goídelc) | srón [sroːn] = nose, nostril |
Irish (Gaeilge) | srón [sˠɾˠoːnˠ] = nose; sense of smell; prow, projection |
Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) | sròn [sdrɔːn] = nose, snout, trunk; promontory; snout (of a glacier); toe (of a shoe) |
Manx (Gaelg) | stroin [strɛin] = nose, promontory, headland, ness, naze, nose-piece |
Proto-Brythonic | *froɨn = nose |
Middle Welsh (Kymraec) | ffroen = nostril |
Welsh (Cymraeg) | ffroen = nostril; muzzle of a gun, mouth of a cannon, nozzle of a pair of bellows; hole, entrance, opening (of a pipe), cock, spout |
Cornish (Kernewek) | frig [fri:g] = nostril |
Old Breton | fron = nostril |
Middle Breton | froan / fron = nostril |
Breton (Brezhoneg) | froen = nostril fri = nose |
Etymology: from Proto-Indo-European *sregʰ- (snore), from *welH- (to turn, to wind) [source].
Sources: Wiktionary, Am Faclair Beag, Online Manx Dictionary, Teanglann.ie, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, Gerlyver Kernewek, Dictionnaire Favereau
Gaulish | *trugnā = nose |
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Welsh (Cymraeg) | trwyn [truːɨ̯n / trʊi̯n] = nose, snout; sense of smell |
Old Cornish | trein = nose |
Cornish (Kernewek) | tron [tro:n] = nose, point (of land), snout, tunnel |
Breton (Brezhoneg) | stroen = dirt, snot |
Sources: Wiktionary, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, Gerlyver Kernewek
Words marked with a * are reconstructions.