{"id":3484,"date":"2018-10-21T17:10:50","date_gmt":"2018-10-21T16:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=3484"},"modified":"2024-02-10T21:07:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T21:07:08","slug":"green-verdant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2018\/10\/21\/green-verdant\/","title":{"rendered":"Green &#038; Verdant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>green<\/strong>, <strong>verdant<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/48350698697\/in\/album-72157606455855795\/\" title=\"Gleann Cholm Cille\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48350698697_d6f488c931_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" alt=\"Gleann Cholm Cille\"\/><\/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<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*gw\u0268r\u00f0<\/strong> = green, verdant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Welsh (Kembraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>guird<\/strong> = green, verdant, bluish green, grey<br \/>\n<strong>guirdglas<\/strong> = sea-green, dark green, verdant, greenish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec )<\/th>\n<td><strong>guirt, gwyrd, gwyrt<\/strong> =green, verdant, bluish green, pale (blue), grey; fresh, lively; grassy<br \/>\n<strong>gwyrddv<\/strong> = to become green, sprout, make verdent<br \/>\n<strong>gwyrd(d) velyn, gwyrddvelyn<\/strong> = greenish-yellow, olive, light green<br \/>\n<strong>gwyrddlas, gwyrdlas, gwyrdd-las<\/strong> = sea-green, dark green, verdant, greenish<br \/>\n<strong>gwyrdloewet<\/strong> = bright green<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gwyrdd<\/strong> [\u0261w\u0268\u031er\u00f0 \/ \u0261w\u026ar\u00f0] = green, verdant, bluish green, pale (blue), grey; fresh, lively; grassy<br \/>\n<strong>gwyrdd<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>gwyrdd(i)af, gwrddu, gwyrddio<\/strong> = to become green, sprout, make verdent<br \/>\n<strong>gwyrddaidd<\/strong> = greenish, leek-green<br \/>\n<strong>gwyrddfelyn<\/strong> = greenish-yellow, olive, light green<br \/>\n<strong>gwyrddlas<\/strong> = sea-green, dark green, verdant, greenish<br \/>\n<strong>gwyrddloyw<\/strong> = bright green<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>guirt<\/strong> = green<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>guirt, gwirdh, gw\u00ear<\/strong> =  green, flourishing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gwyrdh<\/strong> [gw\u026ar\u00f0] =  green (<em>not of plants or the sea<\/em>)<br \/>\n<strong>gwer<\/strong> [gw\u025b:r \/ gwe:r] = green<br \/>\n<strong>gwerdhu<\/strong> = dark green<br \/>\n<strong>gwerem<\/strong> = emerald<br \/>\n<strong>gwerik<\/strong> = greenish<br \/>\n<strong>gwerlas<\/strong> = blueish-green, teal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>guerz, guezr<\/strong> = green<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gwer<\/strong> [\u0261we\u02d0r\/\u0261\u0265e\u02d0r] = green (<em>artificial<\/em>)<br \/>\n<strong>gwerin, gweri\u00f1<\/strong> = to green<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Latin <em>viridis<\/em> (green, young, fresh, lively, youthful), from <em>vire\u014d<\/em> (to be verdant, to sprout), from Proto-Italic <em>*wiz\u0113\u014d<\/em>, from Proto-Indo-European <em>*weys-<\/em> (to increase)  [<a href=\"v\">source<\/a>].  Words from the same roots include <strong>verdant<\/strong>, <strong>verdigris<\/strong> and <strong>verdure<\/strong> in English, <strong>vert<\/strong> (green) in French, <strong>verde<\/strong> (green) in Spanish, and <strong>verdh\u00eb<\/strong> (yellow, pale) in Albanian [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/viridis#Latin\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*udnios\/*utnio-<\/strong> = green (?)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>\u00faaine<\/strong> = green, greenness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>\u00faaine<\/strong> = green, verdant, greenness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>uaine<\/strong> [\u02c8u\u0259n\u02b2\u0259\/\u02c8w\u025bn\u02b2\u0259] = (vivid) green, greenness, verdue<br \/>\n<strong>uaine \u00e9adrom<\/strong> = pale green<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>uaine<\/strong> [u\u0259n\u032a\u02b2\u0259] = green, greenness<br \/>\n<strong>uaineach<\/strong> [u\u0259n\u032a\u02b2\u0259x] = tedious<br \/>\n<strong>Uaineach<\/strong> [u\u0259n\u032a\u02b2\u0259x] = Green Party supporter, a Green<br \/>\n<strong>uaineachadh<\/strong> [u\u0259n\u032a\u02b2\u0259x\u0259\u0263] = turning green, being humbled<br \/>\n<strong>uainead<\/strong> [u\u0259n\u032a\u02b2\u0259d] = greenness<br \/>\n<strong>uainealach<\/strong> [u\u0259n\u032a\u02b2\u0259l\u02e0\u032a\u0259x] = greenish<br \/>\n<strong>s\u00ecor-uaine<\/strong> = evergreen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>eayney\/geayney<\/strong> = green, greenness, verdure<br \/>\n<strong>geaynaght<\/strong> = verdure<br \/>\n<strong>geaynid<\/strong> = bile, greenness, verdure<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table\n\n<strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Proto-Indo-European <em>*wed-<\/em> (green) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/uaine\">source<\/a>]. Words from the same roots include  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/%C7%B5%CA%B0elh%E2%82%83-\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec )<\/th>\n<td><strong>ehoec<\/strong> = heather-colour(ed), purple, green<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>eh\u00f6eg<\/strong> = heather-colour(ed), purple, green, green colour<br \/>\n<strong>hoeg<\/strong> = green<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table\n\n<strong>Etymology<\/strong>: possibly from <em>*oec<\/em> (heather)  [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK558255\/\">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 green, verdant and related things in Celtic languages. Words marked with a * are reconstructions. Proto-Brythonic *gw\u0268r\u00f0 = green, verdant Old Welsh (Kembraec) guird = green, verdant, bluish green, grey guirdglas = sea-green, dark green, verdant, greenish Middle Welsh (Kymraec ) guirt, gwyrd, gwyrt =green, verdant, bluish green, pale (blue), grey; fresh, lively; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,66,16,38,26,19,20,44,21,3,36,22,5,6,37,7,27,9,10,40,11,12,13,23,82,43,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-albanian","category-breton","category-colours","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","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-old-welsh","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-spanish-espanol","category-verbs","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3484","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=3484"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7939,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3484\/revisions\/7939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}