{"id":4787,"date":"2019-12-30T15:44:48","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T15:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=4787"},"modified":"2024-08-13T18:07:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T17:07:58","slug":"wolves-sea-monsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2019\/12\/30\/wolves-sea-monsters\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves &#038; Sea Monsters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>whale<\/strong>, <strong>sea monster<\/strong>, <strong>wolf<\/strong> and other creatures in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/7279062@N04\/426091233\/in\/photolist-DDQ5z-2aLBRL-heWgpu-BUCmma-3o1g6P-2htqf45-84yoZw-HJSUd9-6VYca9-3Qr1n-5ysHVR-mjcNF-dYB7ZQ-dVXzgy-dYB8o9-dYvpZp-rdqY7p-dYvqnD-dYB8CC-3PJke-dYB8sd-HMQcWq-6NeRJu-c123-qzm2g1-dYvqd2-fi8zjM-57ZHLZ-5qLL5M-ov2Crq-reTD1T-6x3Msb-dPCqaS-4rwqvJ-5csWf3-7F1cC8-9Xn1Mt-98LP1M-sbomk2-dCmGPE-fiYJHz-6PUfpd-fiYKiF-8mwNDu-aW8TCP-TGUcG-2jddKPF-oKuzr5-a54tm1-6PU9Ru\" title=\"WHALE\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/170\/426091233_36d39c3071_z.jpg\" alt=\"WHALE\" width=\"640\" height=\"364\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some species of whales that may be found around the Celtic lands include the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Humpback_whale\">humpback whale<\/a>  (<em>Megaptera novaeangliae<\/em>), the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Atlantic_right_whale\">North Atlantic right whale<\/a> (<em>Eubalaena glacialis<\/em>), the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Minke_whale\">common minke whale<\/a> (<em>Balaenoptera acutorostrata<\/em>), the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sei_whale\">sei whale<\/a> (<em>Balaenoptera borealis<\/em>), the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fin_whale\">fin whale<\/a> (<em>Balaenoptera physalus<\/em>), and the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orca\">killer whale<\/a> or orca (<em>Orcinus orca<\/em>). Other species are available.<\/p>\n<p>Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>m\u00edl m\u00f3r<\/strong> = whale, sea monster<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>m\u00edl m\u00f3r<\/strong> = whale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>m\u00edol m\u00f3r<\/strong> = whale<br \/>\n<strong>m\u00edol m\u00f3r an oighir<\/strong> = humpback whale<br \/>\n<strong>m\u00edol m\u00f3r dronnach<\/strong> = North Atlantic right whale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mial-mh\u00f3r<\/strong> = whale<br \/>\n<strong>mial-mh\u00f3r a&#8217; chuain<\/strong> = sea-serpent\/monster<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>meeyl mooar<\/strong> = whale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Proto-Celtic <em>*m\u012blom<\/em> (animal) and <em>*mori<\/em> (sea)  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/morfil\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>muirmhil, muirmil<\/strong> = sea animal, fish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>moruyl, moruill, morfil, morvil<\/strong> = whale, sea monster<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>morfil<\/strong> [\u02c8m\u0254rv\u026al] = whale, sea monster, the constellation Cetus (the Whale)<br \/>\n<strong>morfilaidd, morfilog<\/strong> = whale-like, cetacean<br \/>\n<strong>morfilydd<\/strong> = whaler, whaling ship<br \/>\n<strong>morfil cefngrwm<\/strong> = humpback whale<br \/>\n<strong>morfil cywir \/ morfil walbon<\/strong> = right whale<br \/>\n<strong>morfil pigfain<\/strong> = common minke whale<br \/>\n<strong>morfil (asgellog) sei<\/strong> = sei whale<br \/>\n<strong>morfil asgellog llwyd<\/strong> = fin whale<br \/>\n<strong>morfil danheddog \/ morfil ffyrnig<\/strong> = killer whale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>moruil<\/strong> = whale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>morvil<\/strong> = whale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>morvil<\/strong> = whale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Breton (Brethonoc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mormil<\/strong> = whale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mormil<\/strong> = whale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>morvil<\/strong> [\u02c8mor.vil] = whale<br \/>\n<strong>morvileta<\/strong> = to whale, hunt whales<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Proto-Celtic <em>*mori<\/em> (sea) and <em>*m\u012blom<\/em> (animal) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/morfil\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*bledyos<\/strong> = wolf, large predator (?)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bled, bleith<\/strong> = whale, sea monster<br \/>\n<strong>bledech, bledach, bladach<\/strong> = abounding in monsters, beasts, whales; monstrous, huge<br \/>\n<strong>bledm\u00edl<\/strong> = whale, sea monster<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bled<\/strong> = whale, sea monster<br \/>\n<strong>bledech<\/strong> = abounding in monsters, beasts, whales; monstrous, huge; whale-haunted<br \/>\n<strong>bledmil<\/strong> = whale, sea monster<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bleidhmh\u00edol<\/strong> = monster, whale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bleidh-mhial<\/strong> [ble vi\u0259l\u02e0] = sea monster (esp. whale &#8211; <em>archaic<\/em>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*bl\u0117\u00f0<\/strong> = wolf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bleit, bleyd, bleid<\/strong> = wolf<br \/>\n<strong>bleidgi, bleiddgi<\/strong> = wolfhound, wolf-dog<br \/>\n<strong>bleituar<\/strong> = ferocity of a wolf<br \/>\n<strong>bleidyat, bleityad, bleidiat<\/strong> = wolf-like person, fierce fighter or defender<br \/>\n<strong>bleidian<\/strong> = (young) wolf, wolf cub<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>blaidd<\/strong> [blai\u032f\u00f0] = wolf, hyena<br \/>\n<strong>blaidd y d\u0175r<\/strong> = pike (fish)<br \/>\n<strong>blaidd y m\u00f4r<\/strong> = wolf fish<br \/>\n<strong>bleiddaidd<\/strong> = lupine, wolfish, wolf-like<br \/>\n<strong>bleidd(i)an<\/strong> = (young) wolf, wolf cub<br \/>\n<strong>bleiddfil<\/strong> = wolverine<br \/>\n<strong>bleiddgi<\/strong> = wolfhound, wolf-dog, husky<br \/>\n<strong>bleidd-ddyn<\/strong> = werewolf, wolf-like person<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>bleit<\/strong> = wolf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bleidh, bleit<\/strong> = wolf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bleydh<\/strong> [bl\u025b\u026a\u00f0 \/ bl\u0259\u026a\u00f0] = wolf<br \/>\n<strong>bleydh-brogh<\/strong> = hyena<br \/>\n<strong>ki bleydh<\/strong> = German shepherd dog<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Breton<\/th>\n<td><strong>bleid<\/strong> = wolf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bleiz<\/strong> = wolf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bleiz<\/strong> [\u02c8bl\u025bj(s)] = wolf<br \/>\n<strong>bleiz-broc&#8217;h<\/strong> [bl\u025bj(z)\u02c8bro\u02d0x] = hyena<br \/>\n<strong>bleiz-garv<\/strong> [bl\u025bj(z)\u02c8\u0261arw] = werewolf, lycanthrope<br \/>\n<strong>bleizlouarn<\/strong> [bl\u025bjz\u02c8lu\u02d0arn] = jackal<br \/>\n<strong>bleiz-mor<\/strong> = grey seal, fruit bat<br \/>\n<strong>ki bleiz<\/strong> [ki\u02c8bl\u025bj(s)] = wolf-dog<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: unknown &#8211; probably borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate language [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/bledyos\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*waylos<\/strong> = wolf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>f\u00e1el<\/strong> = wolf<br \/>\n<strong>f\u00e1elchu<\/strong> = wolf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>f\u00e1el, fael, faol<\/strong> [fa\u02d0i\u032fl] = wolf<br \/>\n<strong>f\u00e1elaire<\/strong> = wolfhunter (?)<br \/>\n<strong>f\u00e1elch\u00fa, faolch\u00fa<\/strong> = wolf<br \/>\n<strong>f\u00e1elda<\/strong> = wolfish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>faol<\/strong> [f\u02e0e\u02d0l\u02e0 \/ f\u02e0i\u02d0l\u02e0] = wolf<br \/>\n<strong>faolchonda<\/strong> = wolfish<br \/>\n<strong>faolchondach<\/strong> = wolfishness<br \/>\n<strong>faolch\u00fa<\/strong> = wild dog, wolf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>faol<\/strong> [f\u026f\u02d0l\u02e0] = wolf, wild dog<br \/>\n<strong>faol-damhan<\/strong> = wold spider<br \/>\n<strong>faol-duine<\/strong> = werewolf<br \/>\n<strong>faolach<\/strong> = wolfish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>filliu<\/strong> = wolf<br \/>\n<strong>filliu thallooin<\/strong> = aardwolf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*waylos<\/em> (wolf, howler) &#8211; this was apparently used instead of the usual PIE word for wolf, <em>*w\u013a\u0325k\u02b7os<\/em>, due to taboos [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/waylos\">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=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/An_Etymological_Dictionary_of_the_Gaelic_Language\">An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language<\/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 whale, sea monster, wolf and other creatures in Celtic languages. Some species of whales that may be found around the Celtic lands include the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis), the common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), the sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis), the fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,73,16,26,19,20,21,3,22,5,6,37,7,27,9,10,11,12,13,23,43,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-animals","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","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\/4787","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=4787"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8346,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4787\/revisions\/8346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}