{"id":3234,"date":"2018-09-29T10:35:36","date_gmt":"2018-09-29T10:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/rywsut\/?p=3234"},"modified":"2023-08-27T20:48:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T19:48:23","slug":"broad-and-wide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2018\/09\/29\/broad-and-wide\/","title":{"rendered":"Broad &#038; Wide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>broad<\/strong>, <strong>wide<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/48356341307\/in\/album-72157606455855795\/\" title=\"An tr\u00e1 m\u00f3r\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48356341307_d8255e3100_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" alt=\"An tr\u00e1 m\u00f3r\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*\u0278litanos<\/strong> = broad, wide<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Gaulish<\/th>\n<td><strong>litana<\/strong> = broad, wide<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>lethan<\/strong> [l\u0348\u02b2e\u03b8an] = broad, wide<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>lethan,<\/strong> = broad, wide, wide-spread<br \/>\n<strong>leithet, leithne<\/strong> = breadth, width<br \/>\n<strong>lethaid, lethad<\/strong> = speads out, extends<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>leathan<\/strong> [\u02c8l\u0320\u02b2ah\u0259n\u02e0] = broad, wide, extensive<br \/>\n<strong>leathanaigeanta<\/strong> = broad-minded<br \/>\n<strong>leathanduilleach<\/strong> = broad-leaved, broad-brimmed<br \/>\n<strong>leathanghiallach<\/strong> = square-jawed<br \/>\n<strong>leathanghuailleach<\/strong> = broad- \/ square-shouldered<br \/>\n<strong>leathanas<\/strong> = wide extent, wideness<br \/>\n<strong>leathn\u00fa<\/strong> = widening, expension, extension<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>leathann<\/strong> [l\u032a\u02b2\u025bh\u0259n\u032a\u02e0] = broad, wide, extensive<br \/>\n<strong>bann-leathann<\/strong> = broadband<br \/>\n<strong>aimhleathan<\/strong> [\u00e3\u0129l\u032a\u02b2an] = narrow<br \/>\n<strong>cas-leathann<\/strong> = broad-footed, webbed, web-footed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>lhean<\/strong> = wide, sheet, sweeping, flat of nose, extensive, broad, full (<em>of chin<\/em>)<br \/>\n<strong>lheanagh<\/strong> = broad, flattening<br \/>\n<strong>bann lhean<\/strong> = broadband<br \/>\n<strong>beeal lhean<\/strong> = wide-mouthed, yawning (chasm)<br \/>\n<strong>lhean cheeillagh<\/strong> = square-jawed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*l\u0268dan<\/strong> [l\u0268\u02c8dan] = broad, wide<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>litan, lledan, llydan<\/strong> = broad, wide<br \/>\n<strong>llydany<\/strong> = to widen<br \/>\n<strong>llydander, lledander<\/strong> = breadth, width<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>llydan<\/strong> [\u02c8\u026c\u0259dan] = broad, wide, long or wide (<em>stride<\/em>); sturdy, stout; extensive, spacious, plentiful, numerous<br \/>\n<strong>llydanaf, llydanu<\/strong> = to widen, make\/become wide(r), enlarge, dilate<br \/>\n<strong>llydander, lledander<\/strong> = breadth, width, broadness, latitude, amplitude, extent, latitude<br \/>\n<strong>llydanedd, lledanedd<\/strong> = breadth, broadness, extent<br \/>\n<strong>llydan<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>llydan<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>ledan<\/strong> [&#8216;l\u025bdan] = broad, wide, ample, spacious, extensive<br \/>\n<strong>ledanles<\/strong> = plantain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>ledan<\/strong> [&#8216;l\u025bdan] = broad, wide, widely<br \/>\n<strong>ledandewlel<\/strong> = broadcast<br \/>\n<strong>ledanhe<\/strong> = to widen<br \/>\n<strong>bond ledan<\/strong> = broadband<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Breton<\/th>\n<td><strong>letan, litan<\/strong> = broad, wide<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>ledan<\/strong> = broad, wide<br \/>\n<strong>leda\u00f1, ledi\u00f1, ledek<\/strong> = to extend, spread, expand<br \/>\n<strong>ledanaat<\/strong> = to enlarge<br \/>\n<strong>ledanded<\/strong> = width, scope, calibre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>ledan<\/strong> [\u02c8le\u02d0.d\u00e3n] = wide, broad<br \/>\n<strong>ledanded<\/strong> = width, scope, calibre<br \/>\n<strong>ledander<\/strong> = width, breadth, wideness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong><br \/>\nFrom Proto-Indo-European <em>*pl\u0325th\u2082-enos<\/em> (wide, broad), from <em>*pleth\u2082-<\/em> (flat) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/%C9%B8litanos\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The Welsh name for Brittany, <strong>Llydaw<\/strong>, comes from the same roots, via the Old Welsh <em>Litau<\/em>, the Proto-Brythonic <em>*Ll\u0268daw<\/em> (continent, mainland [Europe], Brittany), the Proto-Celtic <em>*\u0278litaw\u012b<\/em> (country, earth) and the PIE <em>*pl\u0325th\u2082\u00e9wih\u2082<\/em> (country).  The Old English word <em>Lid-wiccas<\/em> (Breton people, Brittany), as does the old French name for Brittany, <em>L\u00e9tavie<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/%C9%B8litaw%C4%AB\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Some English words from the same roots include <strong>field<\/strong>, <strong>flan<\/strong>, <strong>flat<\/strong>, <strong>plaza<\/strong>, <strong>plantain<\/strong>, <strong>plate<\/strong>, <strong>plateau<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/pleth%E2%82%82-\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n<p>Sources: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/\">Wiktionary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faclair.com\/\">Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mannin.info\/Mannin\/fockleyr\/m2e.php\">Online Manx Dictionary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanglann.ie\/en\/fgb\/ceann\">Teanglann.ie<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/dil.ie\/\">eDIL &#8211; Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.smo.uhi.ac.uk\/sengoidelc\/duil-belrai\/english.html\">In D\u00fail B\u00e9lrai English &#8211; Old Irish glossary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/geiriadur.ac.uk\/gpc\/gpc.html\">Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cornishdictionary.org.uk\/browse?field_word_value=penn\">Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkaevraz.net\/dicobzh\/index.php\">Dictionaire Favereau<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brezhoneg.bzh\/87-termofis.htm\">TermOfis<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wales.ac.uk\/Resources\/Documents\/Research\/CelticLanguages\/EnglishProtoCelticWordList.pdf\">English &#8211; ProtoCeltic WordList<\/a> (PDF), <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/EtymologicalDictionaryOfProtoCeltic\">Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/create.blubrry.com\/resources\/podcast-media-hosting\/?code=omniglot\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/banner_blubrry.png\" alt=\"Blubrry podcast hosting\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words for broad, wide and related things in Celtic languages. Proto-Celtic *\u0278litanos = broad, wide Gaulish litana = broad, wide Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) lethan [l\u0348\u02b2e\u03b8an] = broad, wide Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) lethan, = broad, wide, wide-spread leithet, leithne = breadth, width lethaid, lethad = speads out, extends Irish (Gaeilge) leathan [\u02c8l\u0320\u02b2ah\u0259n\u02e0] = broad, wide, extensive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16,26,19,20,44,25,21,3,22,5,6,37,7,27,8,10,11,12,13,23,43,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-gaulish","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-breton","category-middle-cornish","category-middle-irish","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-nouns","category-old-breton","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-verbs","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3234"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7506,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3234\/revisions\/7506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}