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Words for mice<\/strong> in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n*lukoss<\/strong> = mouse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\nluch<\/strong> [l\u0348ux] = mouse, rat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\nluch<\/strong> [l\u032a\u02e0\u028ax \/ l\u032a\u02e0\u0254x \/ l\u032a\u02e0\u028cx] = mouse
\nluch\u00f3g<\/strong> = mouse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\nluch<\/strong> [l\u032a\u02e0ux] = mouse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\nlugh<\/strong> [\u026b\u0254x] = mouse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n*llug<\/strong> = mouse
\n*llugod<\/strong> = mice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\nlleyc<\/strong> = shrew, shrewmouse, (field) mouse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\nllyg<\/strong> = shrew, shrewmouse, (field) mouse
\nllygod<\/strong> [\u02c8\u026c\u0259\u0261\u0254d] = mice, rats, shrews, voles
\nllygoden<\/strong> = mouse, rat, shrew, vole<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Cornish<\/th>\nlogoden, logosan<\/strong> = mouse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\nlogos<\/strong> = mice
\nlogosen \/ logojen<\/strong> = mouse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Breton<\/th>\nloc<\/strong> = mouse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\nlogod<\/strong> = mice, yarn balls, meatballs, varicose veins
\nlogodenn<\/strong> = mouse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Etymology<\/strong>: unknown, most likely from a non-Indo-European substrate language – only found in Celtic languages [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n

Sources: Wiktionary<\/a>, Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, MacBain’s Dictionary<\/a>, In D\u00fail B\u00e9lrai English – Old-Irish Glossary<\/a>, teanglann.ie<\/a>, On-Line Manx Dictionary<\/a>, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, Dictionnaire Favereau<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Here’s a tune I wrote called The Field Mouse’s Delight \/ Llawenydd Llygoden y Coed<\/a>:<\/p>\n