{"id":4355,"date":"2019-05-12T15:04:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T14:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=4355"},"modified":"2025-05-22T15:09:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:09:52","slug":"hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2019\/05\/12\/hills\/","title":{"rendered":"Hills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>hill<\/strong> and related words in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/25664999061\/in\/album-72157626541135224\/\" title=\"Cwm Idwal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/1525\/25664999061_ed50837fb6_z.jpg\" alt=\"Cwm Idwal\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*ardwos<\/strong> = high<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Gaulish<\/th>\n<td><strong>Arduenna<\/strong> = <em>place name<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go&iacute;delc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>ard<\/strong> [ar&#840;d] = high, height<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>ard, &aacute;rd<\/strong> = high above ground, elevated, lofty, tall, noble, great, proud, arduous, high place, height<br>\n<strong>ardach<\/strong> = hilly<br>\n<strong>ardae, airde<\/strong> = height, high place, nobility, loudness<br>\n<strong>ardaid<\/strong> = to rise<br>\n<strong>ardaigid<\/strong> = to raise, magnify, exalt<br>\n<strong>ard&aacute;n<\/strong> = pride, arrogance<br>\n<strong>ardri<\/strong> = high king<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>ard<\/strong> [&#593;&#720;&#638;&#736;d&#810;&#736;\/&aelig;&#720;&#638;&#736;d&#810;&#736;] = height, hillock, top, high part, elevation, head, rise, ascent<br>\n<strong>ardaigh<\/strong> = to raise, elevate, ascend, carry<br>\n<strong>ardaitheoir<\/strong> = lift, elevator<br>\n<strong>na farraig&iacute; arda<\/strong> = the high seas<br>\n<strong>s&aacute;la arda<\/strong> = high heels<br>\n<strong>Ard-Aifreann<\/strong> = High Mass<br>\n<strong>Ard-Aighne<\/strong> = Attorney-General<br>\n<strong>ardaingeal<\/strong> = archangel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G&agrave;idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>&agrave;rd<\/strong> [a&#720;r&#810;&#736;d] = high, lofy, tall, great, loud, chief, eminent, superior, supreme<br>\n<strong>&agrave;rd-bheinn<\/strong> = pinnacle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>ard<\/strong> [&oslash;(r)d] = high, towering, tall, big, loud, height, high place, fell, incline<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*ar&eth;<\/strong> = high<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>ard, art<\/strong> = hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>ardd<\/strong> [ar&eth;\/a&#720;r&eth;] = hill, highland, top, high, upland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>ard<\/strong> = high, lofty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>ardh<\/strong> = height, high place<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>arz<\/strong> = high, elevated, lofty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*h&#8323;r&#805;d&#688;w&oacute;s<\/em>, from <em>*h&#8323;erd&#688;-<\/em> (to increase, grow, upright, high) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/ardwos\">source<\/a>], which is also the root of the Latin word <strong>arbor<\/strong> (tree) and words for tree in Romance languages [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/arbor#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*knokkos<\/strong> = protuberance, hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go&iacute;delc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>cnocc<\/strong> [knok] = hill, lump, swelling<br>\n<strong>cnoccach<\/strong> [&#712;knokax] = hilly, lumpy<br>\n<strong>cnoc&aacute;n<\/strong> [&#712;knoka&#720;n] = little lump, mound, hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>cnocc<\/strong> = lump, protruberance, hill, mound<br>\n<strong>cnoccach, cnocach<\/strong> = lumpy, hilly<br>\n<strong>cnocc&aacute;n, cnoc&aacute;n<\/strong> = little lump, mound, hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>cnoc<\/strong> [kn&#810;&#736;&#596;k \/ kn&#810;&#736;&#650;k\/ k&#638;&#736;&#650;k] = hill, mount<br>\n<strong>cnocach<\/strong> = hilly<br>\n<strong>cnocad&oacute;ir<\/strong> = hillman, hillclimber<br>\n<strong>cnocad&oacute;ireacht<\/strong> = hill-climbing<br>\n<strong>cnoc&aacute;n<\/strong> = hillock, heap<br>\n<strong>cnoc&aacute;nach<\/strong> = hilly, uneven<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G&agrave;idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>cnoc<\/strong> [kr&#596;&#771;xg] = hill, small hill, hillock, knoll, chilblain<br>\n<strong>cnocach<\/strong> [kr&#596;&#771;xg&#601;x] = hilly, rugged, abrupt<br>\n<strong>cnocaireachd<\/strong> [kr&#596;&#771;xg&#603;r&#690;&#601;xg] = rough hill walking, pacing<br>\n<strong>cnocan<\/strong> [kr&#596;&#771;xgan] = hillock, ball of fibre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>cronk<\/strong> = mount, tor, hill,<br>\n<strong>crongan<\/strong> = mound, small hill, tuffet, tumulus, hillock<br>\n<strong>cronkan<\/strong> = knoll, small hill, hillock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*knox<\/strong> = hill, mound<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>cnwch<\/strong> = swelling, protuberance, thickness, hump<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>cnwc<\/strong> = hillock, knoll; swelling, tumour, lump, knob, hump<br>\n<strong>cnocell<\/strong> = hillock, knoll<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Breton<\/th>\n<td><strong>cnoch<\/strong> = hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton<\/th>\n<td><strong>qnech, knech, crech, cre(a)c&rsquo;h<\/strong> = high, height, mountain, hill<br>\n<strong>krec&rsquo;hennek<\/strong> full of hills<br>\n<strong>krec&rsquo;hiek<\/strong> = steep, sloping, incluned<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>krec&rsquo;h<\/strong> = height, eminence, mound<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*kneg-<\/em> (back of the head, nape, neck). The English word <strong>neck<\/strong>, and related words in other Germanic languages, come from the same root [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/knokkos\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*brusnyos<\/strong> = hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go&iacute;delc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bruinne<\/strong> = breast(s), bosom, chest; womb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bruinne, bruinde<\/strong> = breast, bosom, chest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>broinne<\/strong> = breast, bosom; brink, verge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G&agrave;idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>broinne<\/strong> [br&#612;in&#810;&#690;] = belly, stomach; womb; bulge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>brein<\/strong> = womb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*bronn&#257;<\/strong> = breast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bronn, bron<\/strong> = breast, bosom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bron<\/strong> [br&#596;n] = breast, bosom, thorax, hill-side, slope, breast (of hill)<br>\n<strong>bronallt, broniallt<\/strong> = gentle slope of hill, rising ground, wooded slope<br>\n<strong>bryn<\/strong> = hill, mount, rise, bank; heap, mound; prominence, highness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bron<\/strong> = a round protuberance, breast, pap, slope of a hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bronn \/ brodn<\/strong> [br&#596;n: \/ br&#596;dn] = breast, hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bron, bronn<\/strong> = breast, bossom, udder<br>\n<strong>bronna&ntilde;, bronnat, bronni&ntilde;<\/strong> = to breast feed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bronn<\/strong> [&#712;br&#596;&#771;n] = breast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Proto-Celtic <em>*brus&#363;<\/em> (belly, abdomen, breast), possibly from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*b&#688;rews-<\/em> (belly, to swell) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/brus%C5%AB\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same Proto-Celtic root, via the Proto-West-Germanic <em>*brunnj&#257;<\/em> (chainmail shirt), include: <strong>brynja<\/strong> (coat of mail) in Icelandic, Swedish and Faroese, <strong>brynje<\/strong> (mail, armour) in Danish, <strong>brynje<\/strong> (coat of armour, protective clothing for motorcyclists) in Norwegian, and <strong>&#1073;&#1088;&#1086;&#1085;&#1103;<\/strong> [br&#596;&#712;n&#690;a] (armour, armoured vehicle, shell) in Ukrainian [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic\/brunj%C7%AD\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The English words <strong>breast<\/strong>, <strong>brisket<\/strong> and <strong>bruise<\/strong> come from the same PIE root, as do <strong>borst<\/strong> (chest, thorax, breast) in Dutch, <strong>Brust<\/strong> (chest, breast, bosom) in German, and <strong>br&ouml;st<\/strong> (breast, chest, thorax) in Swedish [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/b%CA%B0rews-\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*brixs \/ *brig-<\/strong> = hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Gaulish<\/th>\n<td><strong>*brign&#257;, -brig&#257;<\/strong> = hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go&iacute;delc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>br&iacute;<\/strong> [b&#690;r&#690;i&#720;] = hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>br&iacute;, bri<\/strong> = hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>br&iacute;<\/strong> [b&#690;&#638;&#690;i&#720;] = brae, hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G&agrave;idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bre<\/strong> = hill, headland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*bre&#611;<\/strong> [&#712;br&#603;&#720;&#611;] = hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bre<\/strong> [bre] = hill, hillock, mountain, hill-country, upland, peak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bre<\/strong> = mountain, hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bre<\/strong> [br&#603;: \/ bre:] = hill &ndash; <em>appears as Bray or Brae in placenames<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bre<\/strong> = hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bre<\/strong> [bre&#720;] = hill, mountain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*b&#688;er&#501;&#688;-<\/em> (high) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/brixs\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish word <strong>bre&ntilde;a<\/strong> (scrub, brush, rough ground), the Portuguese word <strong>brenha<\/strong> (scrub, complication, confusion) come from the Gaulish <em>*brign&#257;<\/em>, via the Vulgar Latin <em>*brigna<\/em> (rocky terrain) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Latin\/brigna\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>From the same PIE root we get the English words <strong>burrow<\/strong> and <strong>borough<\/strong>, and words in placenames such as burg, burgh and bury, and also the German <strong>Burg<\/strong> (castle), the Danish <strong>borg<\/strong> (castle, stronghold), and related words in other Germanic languages.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*krowko-<\/strong> = heap<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go&iacute;delc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>cr&uacute;ach<\/strong> = stack, mountain, hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>cr&uacute;ach,cruach<\/strong> = stack of corn, rick, heap, conical pile<br>\n<strong>cr&uacute;achad<\/strong> = act of stacking, piling up<br>\n<strong>cr&uacute;ach&aacute;n<\/strong> = small rick, hill<br>\n<strong>cr&uacute;achda<\/strong> = swollen, piled up<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>cruach<\/strong> [k&#638;&#736;u&#601;x] = stack, rick, pile, (mountain) stack<br>\n<strong>cruachach<\/strong> = full of stacks<br>\n<strong>cruachad&oacute;ir<\/strong> = stack-builder<br>\n<strong>cruachad&oacute;ireacht<\/strong> = (act of) building stacks<br>\n<strong>cruach&aacute;n<\/strong> = (small) stack; person of stunned growth<br>\n<strong>cruach&oacute;g<\/strong> = heap<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G&agrave;idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>cruach<\/strong> [kru&#601;x] = pile, stack; round hill; clamp (stack)<br>\n<strong>cho seasgair ri luchag ann an cruach<\/strong> = as snug as a bug in a rug (&ldquo;as snug as a mouse in a haystack&rdquo;)<br>\n<strong>cruach-fhe&ograve;ir<\/strong> = haystack<br>\n<strong>cruach-mh&ograve;na, cruach m&ograve;nach<\/strong> = peat-stack<br>\n<strong>cruach-sheangan<\/strong> = anthill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>creagh<\/strong> = stack, furrow<br>\n<strong>creagh fendeilagh<\/strong> = barricade<br>\n<strong>creagh hraagh<\/strong> = haystack<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>krug, gruc, grvg<\/strong> = hillock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>crug<\/strong> = hillock, knoll, cairn, tumulus, heap, mass, stack, group, company, multitude; pustule, abscess, boil, carbuncle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>cruc<\/strong> = hillock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>cruc, cruk, cr&#375;c<\/strong> = hillock, mound, barrow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>krug<\/strong> = mound, tumulus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Breton<\/th>\n<td><strong>cruc<\/strong> = hillock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>krug<\/strong> = pile, heap<br>\n<strong>krugell<\/strong> = pile, heap, hillock, mound, tumulus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>krug<\/strong> = mound<br>\n<strong>krugell<\/strong> = hillock, tumulus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: possibly from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*kr&#257;(u)-<\/em> (to heap up) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/cruach#Irish\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*tumbo-<\/strong> = excrescence hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go&iacute;delc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>tom<\/strong> = bush, tuft, hillock, knoll<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>tom<\/strong> = bush, tuft, hillock, knoll<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>tom<\/strong> [t&#810;&#736;&#593;um&#736;\/t&#810;&#736;&#652;m&#736;] = bush, shrub<br>\n<strong>tomach<\/strong> = bushy, tufted<br>\n<strong>tomach&aacute;n<\/strong> = small tuft<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G&agrave;idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>tom<\/strong> [t&#596;um] = hillock, knoll, mound, clump, heap, tuft<br>\n<strong>toman<\/strong> [toman] = small hillock<br>\n<strong>tomag<\/strong> [tomag] = small hillock\/knoll\/mound, small clump, small heap<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>tom<\/strong> = tussock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>tom, tomm<\/strong> = dung(hill), manure, compost, dirt, muck<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>tom<\/strong> = dung(hill), manure, compost, dirt, muck, mud, mound, heap<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: possibly from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*tewh&#8322;-<\/em> (to swell), and cognate with the English word <strong>tumulus<\/strong>.<\/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 &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<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 hill and related words in Celtic languages. 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