{"id":5426,"date":"2020-07-19T17:42:33","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T16:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=5426"},"modified":"2025-08-16T12:47:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T11:47:18","slug":"herons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2020\/07\/19\/herons\/","title":{"rendered":"Herons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>heron<\/strong> and related creatures in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/stormsworld\/221157637\/in\/photolist-kxusH-6s9sGn-21kL6ft-Jg64Jv-5ypopC-QFHYRL-PC1ne3-dLDB7k-6AkzbM-pYqcTW-L5BHWk-ap311o-4Kpvu1-6khYaR-KW99Ny-cYvzB-osWae7-2eumq8K-6wRgQH-VF4454-MuEcKV-EEHYbE-7gWnL8-5r3g5w-9PFj4b-7RkKqR-23r1sB7-VSwibz-6qWGdV-mHGyKg-65jnMb-p56GZ-LKQBM-b5DRDP-GKJQxW-8amcnP-cUu8Nq-8VEUAk-ErDSR-jUjScM-ErDSH-GBgn2d-7dGHdH-F2C52m-igvW9-dabA4A-td2Jnz-83aeof-EwzFdm-5nPxK4\" title=\"Heron\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/76\/221157637_c1bc4ae21d_z.jpg\" alt=\"Heron\" width=\"600\" height=\"455\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*korxs\u0101 \/ *korxsiyos<\/strong> = heron, crane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Celtiberian<\/th>\n<td><strong>*c\u00e1rcia<\/strong> = heron<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Gaulish<\/th>\n<td><strong>curcio-<\/strong> = heron<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>corr<\/strong> = crane, heron, stork, crane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>corr<\/strong> = (grey) heron, stork, crane, leg-necked person<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>corr<\/strong> [k\u0259u\u027e\u02e0] = (grey) heron, stork, crane, leg-necked person<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>corra<\/strong> [k\u0254r\u032a\u02e0\u0259] = heron, stork, crane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>coar<\/strong> = heron, stork, crane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*kr\u0268x\u0268\u00f0<\/strong> = heron<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>crychyd, krechydd, crechydd<\/strong> = heron<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>crychydd<\/strong> [\u02c8kr\u0259\u03c7\u0268\u031e\u00f0 \/ \u02c8kr\u0259\u03c7\u026a\u00f0] = heron<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>cherhit<\/strong> = heron<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>cerhidh<\/strong> = heron<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>kerghydh<\/strong> = heron<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Breton<\/th>\n<td><strong>corcid<\/strong> = heron<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>quercheiz, querch-e\u00efz, querc&#8217;heiz, qarc&#8217;hleyz kerc&#8217;heiz<\/strong> = heron<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>kerc\u02bcheiz<\/strong> [k\u025br\u02c8\u0263\u025bjs] = heron<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: possibly from Proto-Indo-European <em>*(s)kreik- \/ *(s)kreig-<\/em> (to screech, creak), which is imitative in origin [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/cr%C3%AByr#Welsh\">source<\/a>]. Words for heron in Galician &#038; Spanish (<strong>garza<\/strong>) and Portuguese (<strong>gar\u00e7a<\/strong>), probably come from the Celtiberian root [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/crychydd#Welsh\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same PIE root may include <strong>reiger<\/strong> (heron) in Dutch, <strong>Reiher<\/strong> (heron) in German, <strong>h\u00e4ger<\/strong> (heron) in Swedish, <strong>heron<\/strong> and <strong>egret<\/strong> in English, and <strong>haikara<\/strong> (heron, stork) in Finnish [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic\/hraigr%C3%B4\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Gaulish<\/th>\n<td><strong>crehyr<\/strong> = heron<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*krexVr<\/strong> = heron<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>crehyr, creir, cr(e)yr<\/strong> = heron<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>cr\u00ebyr<\/strong> [\u02c8kr\u025b.\u0268\u031er \/ kre\u02d0.\u026ar] = heron<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>querhair<\/strong> = heron<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: possibly from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*(s)\u1e31rey-<\/em> (to scream, screech) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/cr%C3%AByr\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*garanos<\/strong> = crane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Gaulish<\/th>\n<td><strong>garanus<\/strong> = crane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*garan<\/strong> = crane, heron<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>caran, garan<\/strong> = crane, heron<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>garan<\/strong> [\u02c8\u0261aran] = crane, heron<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>garan<\/strong> = crane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>garan<\/strong> = crane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>garan<\/strong> = crane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Breton (Brethonoc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>garan<\/strong> = crane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>garan<\/strong> = crane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>garan<\/strong> [\u02c8\u0261\u0251\u02d0.r\u00e3n] = crane (bird, tool), groove, gallery<br \/>\n<strong>garanadur<\/strong> = grooving<br \/>\n<strong>garanan<\/strong> = to groove<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Proto-Indo-European <em>*g\u00e9rh\u2082n-o-s<\/em>, from <em>*gerh\u2082-<\/em> (crane, to cry hoarsely) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/garanos\">source<\/a>]. Words from the same roots include <strong>crack<\/strong>, <strong>croon<\/strong>, <strong>crow<\/strong> and possibly <strong>grouse<\/strong> in English, <strong>kraai<\/strong> (crow) in Dutch, <strong>Kr\u00e4he<\/strong> (crow) in German [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/gerh%E2%82%82-\">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=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/EtymologicalDictionaryOfProtoCeltic\">Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic<\/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=\"http:\/\/dil.ie\/\">eDIL &#8211; Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanglann.ie\/en\/fgb\/ceann\">Teanglann.ie<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faclair.com\/\">Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/etymologicaldict00macbuoft\/page\/n9\/mode\/2up\">An etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionaryq.com\/gaelg\/\">Fockleyreen: Manx &#8211; English Dictionary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mannin.info\/Mannin\/fockleyr\/m2e.php\">Online Manx Dictionary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/corpus.gaelg.im\/\">Gaelg Corpus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/geiriadur.ac.uk\/gpc\/gpc.html\">Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/lexiconcornubrit00willuoft\/page\/n5\/mode\/2up\">Lexicon cornu-britannicum : a dictionary of the ancient Celtic language of Cornwall<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cornishdictionary.org.uk\/\">Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/devri.bzh\/\">Devri : Le dictionaire diachronique du breton<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkaevraz.net\/dicobzh\/index.php\">Dictionaire Favereau<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brezhoneg.bzh\/87-termofis.htm\">TermOfis<\/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 heron and related creatures in Celtic languages. Words marked with a * are reconstructions. Proto-Celtic *korxs\u0101 \/ *korxsiyos = heron, crane Celtiberian *c\u00e1rcia = heron Gaulish curcio- = heron Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) corr = crane, heron, stork, crane Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) corr = (grey) heron, stork, crane, leg-necked person Irish (Gaeilge) corr [k\u0259u\u027e\u02e0] [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,84,16,17,26,81,19,20,129,24,25,61,21,3,22,5,6,37,7,8,9,11,12,13,23,64,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals","category-birds","category-breton","category-celtiberian","category-kernewek-cornish","category-dutch-nederlands","category-english","category-etymology","category-finnish-suomi","category-galician","category-gaulish","category-german","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-breton","category-middle-cornish","category-middle-irish","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-old-breton","category-old-cornish","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-swedish-svenska","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5426","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=5426"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8942,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5426\/revisions\/8942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}