{"id":4910,"date":"2020-01-26T14:57:35","date_gmt":"2020-01-26T14:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=4910"},"modified":"2022-05-08T18:11:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T17:11:52","slug":"goats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2020\/01\/26\/goats\/","title":{"rendered":"Goats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>goats<\/strong> in Celtic languages.<br \/>\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/2530854806\/in\/photolist-4RDhXG\" title=\"Oes gafr eto?\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2207\/2530854806_bd0ea5dc36_z.jpg\" alt=\"Oes gafr eto?\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/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>*gabros<\/strong> = goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Gaulish<\/th>\n<td><strong>gabrus<\/strong> = goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gabor<\/strong> [\u02c8\u0261avor] = goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gabhar<\/strong> [\u0261\u0259u\u027e\u02e0] = goat; Capricorn; scad, horse-mackerel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gohbar<\/strong> [\u0261o.\u0259\u027e] = goat, Capricorn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>goayr<\/strong> = goat, stooge, scad<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*ga\u03b2r<\/strong> = goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gauar<\/strong> = goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gafr<\/strong> [\u0261avr] = goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>gauar<\/strong> = goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gaver<\/strong> = goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Breton<\/th>\n<td><strong>gabr<\/strong> = goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gavr<\/strong> = goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*k\u00e1pros<\/em> (goat) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/ka%C9%B8r%C4%81xs\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*bukkos<\/strong> = goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Gaulish<\/th>\n<td><strong>*bukkos<\/strong> = male goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>boc<\/strong> = he-goat, billy goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>boc<\/strong> = he-goat, billy goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>boc<\/strong> = buck, playboy<br \/>\n<strong>poc<\/strong> = buck (<em>of deer or goat<\/em>)<br \/>\n<strong>poc\u00e1n<\/strong> = billy goat<br \/>\n<strong>poc gabhair<\/strong> = billy goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>boc<\/strong> [b\u0254xg] = buck (<em>esp. of deer and goats<\/em>)<br \/>\n<strong>boc-gobhair<\/strong> = billy goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bock<\/strong> = male, he, josser, swell, buck, gelding<br \/>\n<strong>bock goayr<\/strong> = billy goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bwch<\/strong> [bu\u02d0\u03c7] = buck<br \/>\n<strong>bwch gafr<\/strong> = billy goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bogh<\/strong> = billy goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bo(u)c\u2019h<\/strong> = billy goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Proto-Indo-European <em>*b\u02b0u\u01f5-<\/em> (goat, buck, ram) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/bukkos\">source<\/a>], which is also the root of the English word <strong>buck<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>minseach<\/strong> =  nanny goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>minnseag<\/strong> = nanny goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mannan<\/strong> = nanny goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: unknown<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*menno-<\/strong> = young of an animal, kid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>menn<\/strong> = kid, young goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>meann<\/strong> = kid, young goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>meann<\/strong> [mjaun\u032a\u02e0]= kid, young goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mannan<\/strong> = kid, young goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>myn, m\u1ef3n<\/strong> = kid, young goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>myn<\/strong> = kid, young goat<br \/>\n<strong>myn gafr<\/strong> = kid, young goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>min<\/strong> = kid, young goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>myn<\/strong> = kid, young goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>min<\/strong> = kid goats<br \/>\n<strong>minen<\/strong> = kid goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>menn<\/strong> = kid goat<br \/>\n<strong>menn-gavr<\/strong> = kid, young goat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Proto-Indo-European <em>*men-<\/em> (small) [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/EtymologicalDictionaryOfProtoCeltic\/page\/n269\/mode\/2up?q=kid\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/b%C4%81us\">Wiktionary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faclair.com\/\">Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceantar.org\/Dicts\/MB2\/index.html\">MacBain&#8217;s Dictionary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.smo.uhi.ac.uk\/sengoidelc\/duil-belrai\/english.html\">In D\u00fail B\u00e9lrai English &#8211; Old-Irish Glossary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanglann.ie\/en\/fgb\/fear\">teanglann.ie<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mannin.info\/Mannin\/fockleyr\/m2e.php\">On-Line Manx Dictionary<\/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=gour\">Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkaevraz.net\/dicobzh\/index.php\">Dictionnaire Favereau<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words for goats in Celtic languages. Proto-Celtic *gabros = goat Gaulish gabrus = goat Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) gabor [\u02c8\u0261avor] = goat Irish (Gaeilge) gabhar [\u0261\u0259u\u027e\u02e0] = goat; Capricorn; scad, horse-mackerel Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig) gohbar [\u0261o.\u0259\u027e] = goat, Capricorn Manx (Gaelg) goayr = goat, stooge, scad Proto-Brythonic *ga\u03b2r = goat Middle Welsh (Kymraec) gauar = goat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,16,26,19,20,25,21,3,22,6,37,7,27,8,9,10,11,12,13,23,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-gaulish","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-cornish","category-middle-irish","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-nouns","category-old-breton","category-old-cornish","category-old-irish-goidelc","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\/4910","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=4910"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6586,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4910\/revisions\/6586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}