{"id":3445,"date":"2018-10-18T18:15:21","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T17:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=3445"},"modified":"2024-03-04T16:18:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T16:18:14","slug":"yellow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2018\/10\/18\/yellow\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellow &#038; Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>yellow<\/strong> and <strong>gold<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/40628939434\/in\/album-72157606452104896\/\" title=\"Spring blossom \/ Blodau'r Gwanwyn\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/882\/40628939434_b7989ce8e7_z.jpg\" alt=\"Spring blossom \/ Blodau'r Gwanwyn\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\"><\/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>*bodyos<\/strong> = yellow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Gaulish<\/th>\n<td><strong>*Bayos<\/strong> = <em>proper name<\/em><br>\n<strong>*Bodyokasses<\/strong> = Baiocasses (<em>a Celtic tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis<\/em>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go&iacute;delc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>buide<\/strong> [&#712;bu&eth;&#690;e] = yellow, yellowness, buttercup, honey, pollen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>buide<\/strong> = yellow, yellowness, yellow hue<br>\n<strong>buidec&aacute;n, buigheacan<\/strong> = (egg) yolk<br>\n<strong>buidecht<\/strong> = yellowness<br>\n<strong>buidid<\/strong> = to become yellow<br>\n<strong>buidigid<\/strong> = to make yellow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bu&iacute;<\/strong> [b&#736;i&#720;] = yellow, sallow, tan<br>\n<strong>bu&iacute;bhallach<\/strong> = spotted with yellow<br>\n<strong>bu&iacute;bh&aacute;n<\/strong> = light yellow, cream-coloured<br>\n<strong>bu&iacute;breac<\/strong> = speckled with yellow<br>\n<strong>bu&iacute;gh<\/strong> = yellow, tan<br>\n<strong>bu&iacute;ochan<\/strong> = yellowing<br>\n<strong>bu&iacute;och&aacute;n<\/strong> = jaundice<br>\n<strong>bu&iacute;och&aacute;nach<\/strong> = jaundiced<br>\n<strong>bu&iacute;ocht<\/strong> = yellowness, sallowness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G&agrave;idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>buidhe<\/strong> [buj&#601;] = yellow, golden<br>\n<strong>buidhe-dhonn, buidhe-ruadh<\/strong> = auburn<br>\n<strong>buidhe-shoilleir<\/strong> = amber<br>\n<strong>buidheagan<\/strong> [bujagan] = (egg) yolk<br>\n<strong>buidhich<\/strong> [buj&#618;&ccedil;] = ripen (of cereals)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>buigh, bwee<\/strong> = yellow, jaundiced, tan, sallow, fair headed<br>\n<strong>buighaghey<\/strong> = to yellow, jaundice<br>\n<strong>buighaghey<\/strong> = yellowing, jaundice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Proto-Indo-European <em>*bodyos<\/em> (yellow) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/bodyos\">source<\/a>]. Related to the English word <strong>bay<\/strong> (tree, leaf) ( [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/badius#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*melinos<\/strong> = yellow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*melino-<\/strong> = yellow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>melen, melin, melyn<\/strong> = yellow, golden, gold; yellow-haired, blond<br>\n<strong>melynu<\/strong> = to be or become yellow or golden<br>\n<strong>melynoc, mylynog<\/strong> = yellowhammer, yellow bunting, goldfinch, linnet<br>\n<strong>melyn wy, melyn wi<\/strong> = yolk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>melyn<\/strong> [&#712;m&#603;l&#616;&#798;n \/ &#712;m&#603;l&#618;n] = yellow, golden, (<em>made of<\/em>) gold; yellow-haired, blond; light-bay (<em>horse<\/em>); yellow, sallow, livid, or brown (<em>skin<\/em>); brown (<em>sugar<\/em>); deadly, implacable, unpleasant<br>\n<strong>melynaf, melynu<\/strong> = to be or become yellow or golden<br>\n<strong>melynaidd<\/strong> = yellowish, golden, sallow<br>\n<strong>melynddu<\/strong> = yellowish-brown, dark yellow, tawny, russet, roan, swarthy, dusky<br>\n<strong>melynog<\/strong> = yellowhammer, yellow bunting, goldfinch, linnet, canary<br>\n<strong>melynwy<\/strong> = yolk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>milin<\/strong> =  yellow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>melyn, melen, milin<\/strong> =  yellow, the colour of honey<br>\n<strong>melynoy<\/strong> =  egg yolk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>melyn<\/strong> [&lsquo;m&#603;l&#618;n \/ &lsquo;m&#603;l&#601;n ] =  yellow, fair, blonde<br>\n<strong>melyn oy<\/strong> = egg yolk<br>\n<strong>melynrudh<\/strong> = orange, yellowish orange<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>melen<\/strong> = yellow, blonde<br>\n<strong>melen vy<\/strong> = egg yolk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>melen<\/strong> = yellow, blonde<br>\n<strong>melen-vi<\/strong> = egg yolk<br>\n<strong>melenaat<\/strong> = to become \/ make yellow, to turn blond<br>\n<strong>melenadur<\/strong> = yellowing<br>\n<strong>melenard<\/strong> = a person with a yellow complexion<br>\n<strong>melenin, meleni&ntilde;<\/strong> = to yellow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Proto-Indo-European <em>*m&eacute;lit<\/em> (honey) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/meli\">source<\/a>], words from the same PIE root include <strong>mulch<\/strong> and <strong>melleous<\/strong> (pertaining to honey) in English, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2018\/10\/15\/honey\/\">words for honey<\/a> in Celtic and other European languages [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/m%C3%A9lit\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go&iacute;delc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>&oacute;r<\/strong> = gold<br>\n<strong>ordae<\/strong> = golden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>&oacute;r<\/strong> = gold<br>\n<strong>&oacute;rda, &oacute;rdae<\/strong> = made of gold, golden, resembling gold<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>&ograve;r<\/strong> [o&#720;&#638;&#736;] = gold<br>\n<strong>&oacute;raigh<\/strong> = to gild<br>\n<strong>&oacute;rbhu&iacute;<\/strong> = golden (colour)<br>\n<strong>&oacute;rbhuille<\/strong> = gold leaf<br>\n<strong>&oacute;rghr&eacute;as<\/strong> = (gold) filigree<br>\n<strong>&oacute;rphl&aacute;t&aacute;ilte<\/strong> = gold-plated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G&agrave;idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>&ograve;r<\/strong> [&#596;&#720;r] = gold<br>\n<strong>&ograve;ir-che&agrave;rd<\/strong> = goldsmith<br>\n<strong>&ograve;r-bhuidhe<\/strong> = gold-coloured, auburn<br>\n<strong>&ograve;r-ubhal<\/strong> = orange (fruit)<br>\n<strong>&ograve;radh<\/strong> [&#596;&#720;r&#601;&#611;] = gilding, gilt, gold digging<br>\n<strong>&ograve;rail \/ &ograve;ra<\/strong> [&#596;&#720;ral\/&#596;&#720;r&#601;] = gold(en), gilded<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>airh<\/strong> = gold, bullion, gilt<br>\n<strong>oar<\/strong> = gold<br>\n<strong>airhey<\/strong> = to gild; gilt, gilt-edged, golden<br>\n<strong>airh ghlen<\/strong> = pure gold<br>\n<strong>airhoil<\/strong> = auriferous, aurous, looking like gold<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>eur, aur<\/strong> = gold(en)<br>\n<strong>eurir, eurha, euraw<\/strong> = to gild, adorn with gold, make golden<br>\n<strong>eureyt, eureit, euraid<\/strong> = golden, brilliant, splendid, glorious, precious\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>aur<\/strong> [a&#616;&#815;r\/ai&#815;r] = gold, gold money or coin(s), wealth; gold (colour); gold(en)<br>\n<strong>euraf, euro<\/strong> = to gild, adorn with gold, make golden<br>\n<strong>euraid<\/strong> = golden, brilliant, splendid, glorious, precious<br>\n<strong>euraidd<\/strong> = golden, precious, illustrious, refined, virtuous<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>our<\/strong> = gold<br>\n<strong>ourlyn<\/strong> = silk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>owr<\/strong> [&#596;&#650;r] = gold, red-gold<br>\n<strong>owraval<\/strong> = orange<br>\n<strong>owrbesk, owrbysk<\/strong> = goldfish<br>\n<strong>owrek<\/strong> = golden<br>\n<strong>owrlin<\/strong> = silk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>aour<\/strong> = gold<br>\n<strong>aourek<\/strong> = (deposit of) gold<br>\n<strong>aourfebrer<\/strong> = goldsmith<br>\n<strong>aourin, aouri&ntilde;<\/strong> = to brown<br>\n<strong>aourra<\/strong> = to look for gold<br>\n<strong>aourraer<\/strong> = gold panning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>aour<\/strong> = gold<br>\n<strong>aourek<\/strong> = (deposit of) gold<br>\n<strong>aourfebrer<\/strong> = goldsmith<br>\n<strong>aourin, aouri&ntilde;<\/strong> = to brown<br>\n<strong>aourra<\/strong> = to look for gold<br>\n<strong>aourraer<\/strong> = gold panning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Latin <em>aureus<\/em> (gold, golden, gilded), from <em>aurum<\/em> (gold), from Proto-Italic <em>*auzom<\/em> (gold), from PIE <em>*h&#8322;&eacute;-h&#8322;us-&oacute;m<\/em> (gold), from <em>*h&#8322;ews-<\/em> (to dawn, become light, become red). Words from the same PIE roots include <strong>air<\/strong>, <strong>aura<\/strong>, <strong>auriferous<\/strong> (gold-bearing), <strong>aurora<\/strong>, <strong>Australia<\/strong>, and <strong>east<\/strong> in English [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Italic\/auzom\">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 &ndash; Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.smo.uhi.ac.uk\/sengoidelc\/duil-belrai\/english.html\">In D&uacute;il B&eacute;lrai English &ndash; 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 &ndash; 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\" alt=\"Unlimited Web Hosting - Kualo\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words for yellow and gold and related things in Celtic languages. Words marked with a * are reconstructions. Proto-Celtic *bodyos = yellow Gaulish *Bayos = proper name *Bodyokasses = Baiocasses (a Celtic tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis) Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) buide [\u02c8bu\u00f0\u02b2e] = yellow, yellowness, buttercup, honey, pollen Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) buide = yellow, yellowness, yellow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16,38,26,19,20,25,21,3,36,22,5,6,37,7,27,9,10,11,12,13,23,43,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-breton","category-colours","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-gaulish","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-latin","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-breton","category-middle-cornish","category-middle-irish","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-nouns","category-old-cornish","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\/3445","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=3445"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8017,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3445\/revisions\/8017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}