{"id":5246,"date":"2020-05-06T20:34:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T19:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=5246"},"modified":"2022-06-14T20:14:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T19:14:08","slug":"snakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2020\/05\/06\/snakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Snakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>snake<\/strong> in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/naturalengland\/18161686591\/in\/photolist-tEToFr-66ReWk-25zrYck-3baZLF-3bfv2Y-2LuSpS-naL6Ns-8dswUZ-NwEdd-SBYbs3-3bfvaA-HgmRKf-5aLJNX-WmUt9t-SZex6b-URUbAm-9rf2vT-9rf2xk-9rf2wt-9rf2vZ-2i8AinG-Q6W1fA-s3cFaJ-23iQjjQ-dx8Bq-p86uDQ-iRiRb6-GQSQE9-7MXPaL-9A4sTe-x9meFk-fz1Vq4-naJ3hK-KZwnj2-6hxAik-8DUUH5-reyVVY-nCT7WA-7Q4C1Z-nEc9yR-JPWJTS-FPPe2P-rhQvp7-ToGSQw-nnGTNT-bCLT6o-2iUrDn9-8DUVAf-7hqap7-adtvVe\" title=\"Adder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7774\/18161686591_8704510932_z.jpg\" alt=\"Adder\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"><\/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>*natrixs<\/strong> = snake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>nathir<\/strong> [\u02c8na\u03b8ir\u02b2] = snake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>nathir<\/strong> = snake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>nathair<\/strong> [\u02c8n\u032a\u02e0\u00e6h\u0259\u027e\u02b2] = snake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>nathair<\/strong> [n\u032a\u02e0ah\u026ar\u02b2] = snake, serpent, viper, adder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>aarnieu \/ ardnieu<\/strong> = adder, serpent, snake, viper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>nadret, nadred, neidyr<\/strong> = snake, serpent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>neidr<\/strong> [nei\u032fdr \/ \u02c8nei\u032fd\u026ar] = snake, serpent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>nadar<\/strong> = snake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>nader<\/strong> = snake, viper, adder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>nader<\/strong> = adder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Breton<\/th>\n<td><strong>natrolion<\/strong> = snakes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton<\/th>\n<td><strong>nazr, azr, a\u00ebr, aer<\/strong> = snake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>naer<\/strong> = snake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*(s)neh\u2081tr-<\/em> (adder), or from <em>*(s)neh\u2082-<\/em> (to swim) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/natrixs\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The English word snake comes from a different root: the Old English <em>snaca<\/em> (snake, serpent, reptile), from the Proto-Germanic <em>*snak\u00f4<\/em> (snake), from <em>*snakan\u0105<\/em> (to crawl), from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*sneg-<\/em> (to crawl; a creeping thing) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/snake\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gwiber<\/strong> = viper, adder, poisonous snake, water-snake, mythical flying serpent, the devil, scoundrel, scold, venomous woman<br \/>\n<strong>colwiber<\/strong>  snake, serpent, viper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>wiber<\/strong> = viper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from the Latin <em>v\u012bpera<\/em> (viper), possibly from <em>vivus-pario<\/em> (one that gives live young) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/vipera#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>sarff<\/strong> = serpent, snake, scorpion; hero, warrior, leader, chieftain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>serpont<\/strong> = snake, serpent<br \/>\n<strong>sarf<\/strong> = serpent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>sarpant<\/strong> = snake, dragon, kite<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from the Latin <em>serp\u0113ns<\/em> (snake), from <em>serp\u014d<\/em> (I creep, crawl), from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*serp-<\/em> (to creep, crawl) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/serpent#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n<p>Sources: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Wiktionary:Main_Page\">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 snake in Celtic languages. Proto-Celtic *natrixs = snake Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) nathir [\u02c8na\u03b8ir\u02b2] = snake Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) nathir = snake Irish (Gaeilge) nathair [\u02c8n\u032a\u02e0\u00e6h\u0259\u027e\u02b2] = snake Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig) nathair [n\u032a\u02e0ah\u026ar\u02b2] = snake, serpent, viper, adder Manx (Gaelg) aarnieu \/ ardnieu = adder, serpent, snake, viper Middle Welsh (Kymraec) nadret, nadred, neidyr [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,16,26,19,44,21,3,36,22,5,27,8,71,11,12,67,13,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-french","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-latin","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-breton","category-nouns","category-old-breton","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-germanic","category-proto-indo-european","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5246","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=5246"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6665,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5246\/revisions\/6665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}