{"id":3437,"date":"2018-10-18T18:03:34","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T17:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=3437"},"modified":"2024-02-27T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T15:30:00","slug":"silver-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2018\/10\/18\/silver-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver &#038; Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>silver<\/strong>, <strong>money<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/maleny_steve\/26942480423\/in\/photolist-H3PfLx-9wpHNt-mCTpN6-trs7e1-7vMKh4-2nCf2he-2nCd87c-7Pv9Ls-2nXSXra-2nXSXf3-2pjwTPu-7Pv9KA-7vRzgm-2nCbw4o-2nXUm5x-euJsQm-2nBwJVP-2nBziMR-dR3sk9-dHjtdC-2nANreK-8Ft52k-fj2tJg-6JfHgE-bimqxB-8vQGfU-2nXVL6W-2p4QxED-2nBwJZ1-2nXUmDt-PQUekV-r9mwdd-2nCoR8F-2nXUm3D-2nAp4kB-2nCqa3x-6pCB3w-2j7GstD-fj2tRx-2nNLeN8-2nAp7Bo-2nAj3pu-2nNGhNn-4pNotV-uZnMtA-2nBee8h-2nNG7XK-qUedKX-2nCCZ3V-2nCzZvA\" title=\"Silver Coins From a Hoard\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7376\/26942480423_08d3441540_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Silver Coins From a Hoard\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*argantom<\/strong> = silver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Gaulish<\/th>\n<td><strong>arangto- \/ *argantom<\/strong> = silver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Celtiberian<\/th>\n<td><strong>arkanta \/ arkato-<\/strong> = silver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>argat<\/strong> [\u02c8ar\u0261ad] = silver, money<br \/>\n<strong>airgdide<\/strong> = silver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>argat<\/strong> = silver, currency, money<br \/>\n<strong>airgdide<\/strong> = (made of ) silver<br \/>\n<strong>airgetlach<\/strong> = mine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>airgead<\/strong> [\u02c8a\u027e\u02b2\u026a\u025f\u0259d\u032a\u02e0 \/ \u02c8\u00e6\u027e\u02b2\u026a\u025f\u0259d\u032a\u02e0] = silver, money, sum of money<br \/>\n<strong>airgeada\u00ed<\/strong> = financier<br \/>\n<strong>airgeadaigh<\/strong> = to silver, electroplate<br \/>\n<strong>airgeada\u00edocht<\/strong> = monetary policy, management<br \/>\n<strong>airgeadas<\/strong> = finance<br \/>\n<strong>airgead\u00f3ir<\/strong> = cashier, (bank) teller<br \/>\n<strong>airgeadra<\/strong> = currency<br \/>\n<strong>airgead\u00fail<\/strong> = silvery, financial, moneyed, profitable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>airgead<\/strong> [\u025br\u02b2\u025bg\u02b2\u0259d] = money, silver, cash, currency<br \/>\n<strong>airgead-be\u00f2<\/strong> = mercury (Me), quicksilver<br \/>\n<strong>airgead-l\u00e0imhe<\/strong> = cash<br \/>\n<strong>airgead-urrais<\/strong> = insurance<br \/>\n<strong>airgeadach<\/strong> [\u025br\u02b2\u025bg\u02b2\u0259d\u0259x] = silver(y), well-off, moneyed, lucrative<br \/>\n<strong>airgeadachadh<\/strong> = silvering, silverplating, monetizing<br \/>\n<strong>airgeadaichte<\/strong> [\u025br\u02b2\u025bg\u0259d\u026a\u00e7d\u02b2\u0259] = silvered<br \/>\n<strong>airgeadas<\/strong> [\u025br\u02b2\u025bg\u02b2\u0259d\u0259s] = finance<br \/>\n<strong>airgeadra<\/strong> [\u025br\u02b2\u025bg\u02b2\u0259dr\u0259] = currency<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>argid<\/strong> = money, silver, coinage, wages, finance, exchequer<br \/>\n<strong>argidagh<\/strong> = fiscal, moneyed, financier, (the) rich, silver(ed)<br \/>\n<strong>argidaghey<\/strong> = silver, silver plate<br \/>\n<strong>argid-roie, argid cadjin<\/strong> = currency<br \/>\n<strong>argideyr<\/strong> = cashier, financier, teller<br \/>\n<strong>argidoil<\/strong> = financial, monetary<br \/>\n<strong>argidys<\/strong> = finance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*ar\u0263ant<\/strong> [ar\u02c8\u0263ant] = silver, money<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Welsh (Kembraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>argant<\/strong> = silver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>aryant, ariant, arian<\/strong> = silver<br \/>\n<strong>arand\u00fby, ariandy<\/strong> = bank<br \/>\n<strong>arianllais<\/strong> = (having) a clear or melodious voice or sound<br \/>\n<strong>arianna, aryanna<\/strong> = to collect or accumulate money, beg for (money)<br \/>\n<strong>ariannu<\/strong> = to give money to, fund, finance<br \/>\n<strong>aryanheyt, areanneit, aryaneit<\/strong> = silvered, silver-plated, make of silver, silvery, wealthy, rich, moneyed<br \/>\n<strong>ariannog<\/strong> = wealthy, rich, moneyed, silver(y)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>arian<\/strong> [\u02c8arjan] = silver, silvery; silver vessel; money, coin(s), coinage, currency, wealth<br \/>\n<strong>arianllais<\/strong> = (having) a clear or melodious voice or sound<br \/>\n<strong>arianna<\/strong> = to collect or accumulate money, beg for (money)<br \/>\n<strong>ariannaf, ariannu<\/strong> = to give money to, fund, finance, silver, inlay, plate<br \/>\n<strong>ariannaid<\/strong> = silvered, silver-plated, make of silver, silvery, wealthy, rich, moneyed<br \/>\n<strong>arianneg<\/strong> = financial management, finance<br \/>\n<strong>Ariannin<\/strong> = Argentinia, Argentinian<br \/>\n<strong>ariannog<\/strong> = wealthy, rich, moneyed, silver(y)<br \/>\n<strong>ariannwr, ariannydd<\/strong> = cashier, financier, banker, sponsor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>argan, ar\u0292ant, argans<\/strong> = silver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>archans, arhans, arrans<\/strong> = silver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>arghans<\/strong> [&#8216;arhans \/ &#8216;\u00e6rh\u0250nz] = money, silver<br \/>\n<strong>arghans bew\/byw<\/strong> = quicksilver<br \/>\n<strong>arghansek<\/strong> = financial, silvery<br \/>\n<strong>arghanser, arghansores<\/strong> = banker<br \/>\n<strong>arghans-gweres<\/strong> = subsidy<br \/>\n<strong>arghanti<\/strong> = bank<br \/>\n<strong>Arghantina<\/strong> = Argentina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Breton (Brethonoc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>argant<\/strong> = silver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>archant<\/strong> = silver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>arc&#8217;hant<\/strong> [\u02c8ar.\u0263\u00e3nt] = silver, money<br \/>\n<strong>arc&#8217;hantadur<\/strong> = silvering<br \/>\n<strong>arc&#8217;hantaj<\/strong> = silverware<br \/>\n<strong>arc&#8217;hantan, arc\u2019hanta\u00f1<\/strong> = to silver, realize (in money), capitalize, sponsor, convert<br \/>\n<strong>arc&#8217;hantek<\/strong> = silver (adj)<br \/>\n<strong>arc&#8217;hanter<\/strong> = silverer<br \/>\n<strong>arc&#8217;hantiri<\/strong> = silverware<br \/>\n<strong>arc&#8217;hantus<\/strong> = money-producing, lucrative, capitalizable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Proto-Indo-European <em>*h\u2082er\u01f5n\u0325tom<\/em> (silver), from <em>*h\u2082er\u01f5-<\/em> (white, glittering) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/argantom\">source<\/a>]. Words from the same PIE root include <strong>Argentina<\/strong> and <strong>argentous<\/strong> (of, pertaining to or containing silver) in English, <strong>\u0561\u0580\u056e\u0561\u0569<\/strong> (arcat\u02bf &#8211; silver) in Armenian, <strong>argento<\/strong> (silver) in Italian, <strong>argent<\/strong> (silver, money, cash) in French [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/h%E2%82%82er%C7%B5-\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&amp;i=b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/banners\/banner_japanesepod.jpg\" alt=\"The Fastest Way to Learn Japanese Guaranteed with JapanesePod101.com\" width=\"630\" height=\"83\"><\/a><\/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<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/my.kualo.com\/uk\/go\/00572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.kualo.com\/rewards\/uk-unlimited2-468x60.gif\" width=\"468\" height=\"60\" border=\"0\"\nalt=\"Unlimited Web Hosting - Kualo\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words for silver, money and related things in Celtic languages. Words marked with a * are reconstructions. Proto-Celtic *argantom = silver Gaulish arangto- \/ *argantom = silver Celtiberian arkanta \/ arkato- = silver Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) argat [\u02c8ar\u0261ad] = silver, money airgdide = silver Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) argat = silver, currency, money airgdide = (made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,114,16,17,38,26,19,20,44,25,21,83,3,22,5,6,37,7,27,8,9,10,40,11,12,13,23,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-armenian-","category-breton","category-celtiberian","category-colours","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-gaulish","category-gaeilge-irish","category-italian-italiano","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-cornish","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-old-welsh","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3437","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3437"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7987,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3437\/revisions\/7987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}