{"id":5671,"date":"2020-12-19T14:15:55","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T14:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=5671"},"modified":"2024-09-26T15:57:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T14:57:51","slug":"knees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2020\/12\/19\/knees\/","title":{"rendered":"Knees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some words for <strong>knee<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages, as well as related words in other languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/m-a-r-t-i-n\/10872007036\/in\/photolist-hyHSVb-dP9gQ6-dPf1P7-dP97vt-dPeTzq\" title=\"Bellona, goddess of war\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7391\/10872007036_0069483e23_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" alt=\"Bellona, goddess of war\"\/><\/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>*gl\u016bnos<\/strong> = knee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gl\u00fan<\/strong> [\u0261lu\u02d0n] = knee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gl\u00fan, glun, gl\u016bn<\/strong> = knee, generation, pedigree<br \/>\n<strong>gl\u00fanmar, glunm\u00e1r<\/strong> = big-kneed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gl\u00fain<\/strong> [\u0261l\u032a\u02e0u\u02d0n\u02b2 \/ \u0261l\u02e0u\u02d0n\u02b2] = knee, generation, step (in a series), node<br \/>\n<strong>gl\u00faineach<\/strong> = (big-)kneed, noded, nodulous, branching, proliferous<br \/>\n<strong>gl\u00fainfheacadh<\/strong> = genuflection<br \/>\n<strong>gl\u00fain\u00edneach<\/strong> = swelling in knees<br \/>\n<strong>gl\u00fainteas<\/strong> = housemaid&#8217;s knee<br \/>\n<strong>bean ghl\u00faine<\/strong> = midwife<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gl\u00f9in<\/strong> [\u0261l\u032a\u02e0u\u02d0n\u032a\u02b2]  = knee, generation, lap<br \/>\n<strong>gl\u00f9n<\/strong> [gl\u032a\u02e0u\u02d0n] = knee, generation<br \/>\n<strong>gl\u00f9ineach<\/strong> [\u0261l\u032a\u02e0u\u02d0n\u032a\u02b2\u0259x] = pertaining to knees, kneed, jointed; large-kneed woman<br \/>\n<strong>gl\u00f9ineachan<\/strong> [\u0261l\u032a\u02e0u\u02d0n\u032a\u02b2\u0259xan] = garter<br \/>\n<strong>gl\u00f9ineag<\/strong> [\u0261l\u032a\u02e0u\u02d0n\u032a\u02b2ag] = (act of) kneeing<br \/>\n<strong>bean-ghl\u00f9ine<\/strong> = midwife<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>glioon<\/strong> [\u0261l\u02b2u\u02d0n\u02b2] = joint, knee crooked timber<br \/>\n<strong>glioon-lhoobey<\/strong> = genuflect, genuflection<br \/>\n<strong>glioonagh<\/strong> = jointed, kneed<br \/>\n<strong>gliooney<\/strong> = to kneel, kneeling<br \/>\n<strong>glioon(i)t<\/strong> = kneed, kneeled<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*glin<\/strong> = knee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>glin<\/strong> = knee<br \/>\n<strong>pen y lin, penn glin<\/strong> = knee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>glin<\/strong> [\u0261li\u02d0n] = knee<br \/>\n<strong>pen (g)lin<\/strong> [p\u025bn\u02c8(\u0261)li\u02d0n] = knee<br \/>\n<strong>glingam<\/strong> = knock-kneed, bow-legged<br \/>\n<strong>gliniadur<\/strong> = laptop (computer)<br \/>\n<strong>glinio<\/strong> = to kneel, knee, pod<br \/>\n<strong>gliniog<\/strong> = kneed, jointed, knotty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>glin<\/strong> = knee<br \/>\n<strong>penglin, penclin, pedn glin<\/strong> = knee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>glin<\/strong> [\u02c8\u0261li\u02d0n] = knee<br \/>\n<strong>penn glin \/ pedn glin<\/strong> = kneecap<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>glin<\/strong> = knee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>glin<\/strong> [\u0261l\u0129\u02d0n] = knee<br \/>\n<strong>penn-glin<\/strong> = knee<br \/>\n<strong>(penn)glina\u00f1<\/strong> = to kneel down, worship, bow one&#8217;s knee<br \/>\n<strong>glinad<\/strong> = knee pain<br \/>\n<strong>glineg<\/strong> = strong knees<br \/>\n<strong>glinwisk<\/strong> = knee brace<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*\u01f5\u00f3nu<\/em> (knee) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/gl%C5%ABnos\">source<\/a>]. Words from the same roots include <strong>genuflect<\/strong> (to bend the knee, grovel), <strong>knee<\/strong> and <strong>jeans<\/strong> in English; <strong>genou<\/strong> (knee, lap) in French; and <strong>knie<\/strong> (knee) in Dutch  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/%C7%B5%C3%B3nu\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>From the Proto-Celtic word <em>*gl\u016bnos<\/em> we also get the Proto-Celtic word <em>*genw\u0101<\/em> ((river) bend), which is the root of the names <strong>Geneva<\/strong>, <strong>Genoa<\/strong>.<\/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>Here are some words for knee and related things in Celtic languages, as well as related words in other languages. Words marked with a * are reconstructions. Proto-Celtic *gl\u016bnos = knee Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) gl\u00fan [\u0261lu\u02d0n] = knee Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) gl\u00fan, glun, gl\u016bn = knee, generation, pedigree gl\u00fanmar, glunm\u00e1r = big-kneed Irish (Gaeilge) gl\u00fain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16,26,81,19,20,44,21,3,36,22,5,6,77,37,7,27,71,10,41,11,12,13,23,43,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-dutch-nederlands","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-latin","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-breton","category-middle-cornish","category-middle-english-englisch","category-middle-irish","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-nouns","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-parts-of-the-body","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\/5671","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=5671"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8470,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5671\/revisions\/8470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}