{"id":5809,"date":"2021-03-16T12:48:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T12:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=5809"},"modified":"2024-04-17T16:46:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T15:46:39","slug":"bridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2021\/03\/16\/bridges\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>bridges<\/strong> and related words in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/27779192014\/in\/photolist-JjKBYs-E48JX3-XmbS1L-WM1nfX-Xprsr9-XWnguY-XKuHj1-WM3hfc-RPowRz-S1GEft-QXHicH-S1GE3V-QXHhUt-QVamWJ-SbQiBn-SbQiak-QGpDCu-RpgbC3-RN1z3B-RnJe2q-RcUeUJ-RrgDUF-RcUeeq-QRRm8Q-QRRmkU-RcQMFs-RcQQi1-Rc2Pks-R2e7rW-Rc2JzW-RftgRV-QFamA3-Rc2znY-M9hsQA-LmL3RW-Mj9CwD-KHRGTu-JjKBPu-HnxagK-FnXBN6-EyMTmV-FwmiMB-DFSc3G-DZJJgH-E6sGPz-E6skEa-D94J6r-D94U1r-DXdqnt-9RzzZF\" title=\"Menai Bridge \/ Pont y Borth\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7511\/27779192014_bf7e7f46b4_z.jpg\" alt=\"Menai Bridge \/ Pont y Borth\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/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>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>drochet<\/strong> [\u02c8drox\u02b2ed] = bridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>drochet, drochat, droichet<\/strong> = bridge, causeway<br \/>\n<strong>drochetech, drochet\u00f3ir<\/strong> = bridge-maker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>droichead<\/strong> [\u02c8d\u032a\u02e0\u027e\u02e0\u025b\u00e7\u0259d\u032a\u02e0] = bridge<br \/>\n<strong>droichead crochta<\/strong> = suspension bridge<br \/>\n<strong>droichead t\u00f3g\u00e1la<\/strong> = drawbridge<br \/>\n<strong>droichead me\u00e1ite<\/strong> = weigh bridge<br \/>\n<strong>droichead veidhl\u00edn<\/strong> = bridge of a violin<br \/>\n<strong>droichead sr\u00f3ine<\/strong> = bridge of the nose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>drochaid<\/strong> [dr\u0254x\u026ad\u02b2] = bridge<br \/>\n<strong>drochaid air fleodradh<\/strong> = pontoon<br \/>\n<strong>drochaid-thogalach, drochaid-thogail<\/strong> = drawbridge<br \/>\n<strong>drochaid-choise<\/strong> = footbridge<br \/>\n<strong>drochaid-rathaid<\/strong> = road bridge, viaduct<br \/>\n<strong>drochaid-thionndain<\/strong> = swing bridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>droghad<\/strong> = bridge, bridge of ship, arch, gantry<br \/>\n<strong>droghad aae<\/strong> = viaduct<br \/>\n<strong>droghad cassee<\/strong> = swing bridge<br \/>\n<strong>droghad coshey<\/strong> = gangway, footbridge<br \/>\n<strong>droghad croghit<\/strong> = suspension bridge<br \/>\n<strong>droghad keesh<\/strong> = toll bridge<br \/>\n<strong>droichead meihaghey<\/strong> = weigh bridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Old Irish <em>droch<\/em> (wheel, circlet) and <em>s\u00e9t<\/em> (path) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/drochet#Old_Irish\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Gaulish<\/th>\n<td><strong>ponto<\/strong> = bridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*pont<\/strong> = bridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cumbric<\/th>\n<td><strong>*pont<\/strong> = bridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Welsh (Kembraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>pont<\/strong> = bridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>pont, pynt<\/strong> = bridge, drawbridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>pont<\/strong> [p\u0254nt] = bridge, drawbridge, viaduct, aqueduct<br \/>\n<strong>pontio<\/strong> = to bridge (a gap), to transition<br \/>\n<strong>pont godi<\/strong> = drawbridge<br \/>\n<strong>pont grog<\/strong> = suspension bridge<br \/>\n<strong>pont trwyn<\/strong> = bridge of the nose<br \/>\n<strong>pont y glaw, pont law<\/strong> = rainbow<br \/>\n<strong>pont ysgwydd<\/strong> = collar-bone, clavicle<br \/>\n<strong>pontio<\/strong> = to bridge, span, arch<br \/>\n<strong>pont(i)og<\/strong> = like a bridge, arched of the nature of a bridge<br \/>\n<strong>pont(i)wr, pontydd<\/strong> = a bridge-builder<br \/>\n<strong>pontyddiaeth<\/strong> = bridge-building<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>pons<\/strong> = bridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>pons<\/strong> = bridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>pons<\/strong> = bridge<br \/>\n<strong>ponsfordh<\/strong> = viaduct<br \/>\n<strong>pons travalya<\/strong> = travelling bridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>pont<\/strong> = bridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>pont<\/strong> [p\u0254\u0303nt] = bridge, top of the furrow, culvert, trigger guard<br \/>\n<strong>pontan, ponta\u00f1<\/strong> = to bridge, lay flat stones (on a ditch or stream)<br \/>\n<strong>pont-tro<\/strong> = swing bridge<br \/>\n<strong>pont hent-houarn<\/strong> = railway bridge<br \/>\n<strong>pont dilestra\u00f1<\/strong> = bridge, deck (of ship)<br \/>\n<strong>pont karga\u00f1<\/strong> = loading deck<br \/>\n<strong>pont-tro<\/strong> = swing bridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Latin <strong>p\u014dns<\/strong> (bridge, deck), from Proto-Indo-European <em>*p\u00f3nteh\u2081s<\/em> (path, road), from <em>*pent-<\/em> (path). Words from the same roots include <strong>pont<\/strong> (bridge) in French, <strong>puente<\/strong> (bridge) in Spanish, <strong>\u043f\u044a\u0442<\/strong> [p\u0264t] (road, way, path, journey, way) in Bulgarian <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/pons#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*br\u012bw\u0101<\/strong> = bridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Gaulish<\/th>\n<td><strong>briua<\/strong> = bridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Leptonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>\ud800\udf10\ud800\udf13\ud800\udf16\ud800\udf09\ud800\udf00\ud800\udf0c<\/strong> (pruiam) = funerary construction (<em>perhaps a grave<\/em>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Proto-Indo-European <em>*b\u02b0erw\/*b\u02b0r\u0113w<\/em> (wooden flooring, decking, bridge), which is also the root of the English words <strong>bridge<\/strong> and <strong>brig<\/strong>, and <strong>Br\u00fccke<\/strong> (bridge) in German [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/briw%C4%81\">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=\"http:\/\/www.faclair.com\/\">Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mannin.info\/Mannin\/fockleyr\/m2e.php\">Online Manx Dictionary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanglann.ie\/en\/fgb\/ceann\">Teanglann.ie<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/dil.ie\/\">eDIL &#8211; Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language<\/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:\/\/geiriadur.ac.uk\/gpc\/gpc.html\">Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cornishdictionary.org.uk\/browse?field_word_value=penn\">Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkaevraz.net\/dicobzh\/index.php\">Dictionaire Favereau<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brezhoneg.bzh\/87-termofis.htm\">TermOfis<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wales.ac.uk\/Resources\/Documents\/Research\/CelticLanguages\/EnglishProtoCelticWordList.pdf\">English &#8211; ProtoCeltic WordList<\/a> (PDF), <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/EtymologicalDictionaryOfProtoCeltic\">Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic<\/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 bridges and related words in Celtic languages. Words marked with a * are reconstructions. Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) drochet [\u02c8drox\u02b2ed] = bridge Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) drochet, drochat, droichet = bridge, causeway drochetech, drochet\u00f3ir = bridge-maker Irish (Gaeilge) droichead [\u02c8d\u032a\u02e0\u027e\u02e0\u025b\u00e7\u0259d\u032a\u02e0] = bridge droichead crochta = suspension bridge droichead t\u00f3g\u00e1la = drawbridge droichead me\u00e1ite = weigh [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16,132,26,128,19,20,44,25,21,3,36,4,22,5,6,37,7,27,9,10,40,11,12,13,23,82,43,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-breton","category-bulgarian-","category-kernewek-cornish","category-cumbric","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-gaulish","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-latin","category-leptonic","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-breton","category-middle-cornish","category-middle-irish","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-nouns","category-old-cornish","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-old-welsh","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-spanish-espanol","category-verbs","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5809","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=5809"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8102,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5809\/revisions\/8102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}