{"id":3706,"date":"2018-11-26T17:06:17","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T17:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=3706"},"modified":"2024-08-14T21:08:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T20:08:04","slug":"noses-nostrils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2018\/11\/26\/noses-nostrils\/","title":{"rendered":"Noses & Nostrils"},"content":{"rendered":"

Words for nose and nostril<\/strong> in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n*srogn\u0101<\/strong> = nose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gaulish<\/th>\n*srogn\u0101<\/strong> = nose, nostril<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\nsr\u00f3n<\/strong> [sro\u02d0n] = nose, nostril<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\nsr\u00f3n<\/strong> [s\u02e0\u027e\u02e0o\u02d0n\u02e0] = nose; sense of smell; prow, projection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\nsr\u00f2n<\/strong> [sdr\u0254\u02d0n] = nose, snout, trunk; promontory; snout (of a glacier<\/em>); toe (of a shoe<\/em>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\nstroin<\/strong> [str\u025bin] = nose, promontory, headland, ness, naze, nose-piece<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n*fro\u0268n<\/strong> = nose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\nffroen<\/strong> = nostril<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\nffroen<\/strong> = nostril; muzzle of a gun, mouth of a cannon, nozzle of a pair of bellows; hole, entrance, opening (of a pipe<\/em>), cock, spout<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\nfrig<\/strong> [fri:g] = nostril<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Breton<\/th>\nfron<\/strong> = nostril<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Breton<\/th>\nfroan \/ fron<\/strong> = nostril<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\nfroen<\/strong> = nostril
\nfri<\/strong> = nose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Etymology: from Proto-Indo-European *sreg\u02b0-<\/em> (snore), from *welH-<\/em> (to turn, to wind) [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Sources: Wiktionary<\/a>, Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, Online Manx Dictionary<\/a>, Teanglann.ie<\/a>, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, Dictionnaire Favereau<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Gaulish<\/th>\n*trugn\u0101<\/strong> = nose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\ntrwyn<\/strong> [tru\u02d0\u0268\u032fn \/ tr\u028ai\u032fn] = nose, snout; sense of smell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Cornish<\/th>\ntrein<\/strong> = nose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\ntron<\/strong> [tro:n] = nose, point (of land<\/em>), snout, tunnel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\nstroen<\/strong> = dirt, snot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Sources: Wiktionary<\/a>, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Words for nose and nostril in Celtic languages. Proto-Celtic *srogn\u0101 = nose Gaulish *srogn\u0101 = nose, nostril Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) sr\u00f3n [sro\u02d0n] = nose, nostril Irish (Gaeilge) sr\u00f3n [s\u02e0\u027e\u02e0o\u02d0n\u02e0] = nose; sense of smell; prow, projection Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig) sr\u00f2n [sdr\u0254\u02d0n] = nose, snout, trunk; promontory; snout (of a glacier); toe (of a shoe) Manx […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,26,19,20,25,21,3,22,5,7,27,8,10,41,11,12,13,23,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-gaulish","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-breton","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-nouns","category-old-breton","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-parts-of-the-body","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\/3706","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=3706"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8355,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3706\/revisions\/8355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}