{"id":5818,"date":"2021-03-26T14:43:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T14:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=5818"},"modified":"2021-11-02T12:41:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T12:41:17","slug":"hillsides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2021\/03\/26\/hillsides\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillsides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>hillsides<\/strong>, <strong>cliffs<\/strong> and related words in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/31220781053\/in\/album-72157626541135224\/\" title=\"Snowdonia in the sun\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/719\/31220781053_428c332a9c_z.jpg\" alt=\"Snowdonia in the sun\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/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>*altos<\/strong> = height, cliff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>alt, allt<\/strong> = height, cliff, valley, abyss<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>als<\/strong> = hillock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>ailt<\/strong> = steep-sided glen, ravine, height, cliff<br \/>\n<strong>ailte\u00e1n<\/strong> = small ravine<br \/>\n<strong>alt<\/strong> = steep-sided ravine, hillock<br \/>\n<strong>altach<\/strong> = undulating (<em>road<\/em>), wavy (<em>hair<\/em>)<br \/>\n<strong>alt\u00e1n<\/strong> = streamlet, ravine, hillock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>alt<\/strong> [al\u032a\u02e0d] = rugged\/steep bank, precipice<br \/>\n<strong>allt<\/strong> [aul\u032a\u02e0d] = brook, burn, stream, brook, rill, river with precipitous banks<br \/>\n<strong>alltan<\/strong> = brook, little stream, streamlet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>alt<\/strong> = mountain stream, glen in mountains, high place, altitude, alto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>alt, allt<\/strong> = hill(side)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>allt<\/strong> [a\u02d0\u026ct \/ a\u026ct] = hill(side), (steep) gradient or slope, steep road or path, (steep) ascent, cliff, woods, wooded slope<br \/>\n<strong>allt (o) goed<\/strong> = wood, grove<br \/>\n<strong>allt (y) m\u00f4r, allt f\u00f4r<\/strong> = sea-cliff<br \/>\n<strong>yr allt bren<\/strong> = staircase, facet (\u201cthe wooden hill\u201d)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>als<\/strong> = cliff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>als<\/strong> [\u0252lz \/ \u00e6lz] = cliff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton<\/th>\n<td><strong>a(o)ut<\/strong> = coast, shore, bank<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>aod<\/strong> = coast, shore<br \/>\n<strong>aod bili<\/strong> = pebble beach<br \/>\n<strong>aod vev<\/strong> = foreshore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*h\u2082elt\u00f3s<\/em>, from Proto-Indo-European <em>*h\u2082el-<\/em> (to grow, nourish) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/altos\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>English words such as <strong>altitude<\/strong>, <strong>adult<\/strong> and <strong>old<\/strong> come from the same PIE root, as do <strong>alt<\/strong> (old, ancient, elderly) in German, <strong>oud<\/strong> (old) in Dutch, <strong>haut<\/strong> (high, tall) in French and <strong>alto<\/strong> (high, tall, deep, loud) in Italian [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/h%E2%82%82el-\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/36070022605\/in\/photolist-2frzw8q-2bfNeBz-QsMF1o-29PYT8j-NQo28Z-NQeedD-WMwG7H-WZiN7r-WVLXV5-WGpBfU-VHWjZD-WTM6LC-WXoi4t-WQdBmU-TsBvF1-SpZHNm-SpZGK9-PySEuv-QyMPBQ-HCppiE-GKFrYw-HFmtCD-EML93G-FiYrhY-FzVyYw-F6VTa8-EMKZdY-osyFSh-oK4a58-5mbqXw-cAs5as-a6zMtp-a6CBHd-TnfB6f-4QNP32\" title=\"Slieve League \/ Sliabh Liag\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4292\/36070022605_3959c3a4a0_z.jpg\" alt=\"Slieve League \/ Sliabh Liag\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/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=\"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><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words for hillsides, cliffs and related words in Celtic languages. Proto-Celtic *altos = height, cliff Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) alt, allt = height, cliff, valley, abyss Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) als = hillock Irish (Gaeilge) ailt = steep-sided glen, ravine, height, cliff ailte\u00e1n = small ravine alt = steep-sided ravine, hillock altach = undulating (road), wavy (hair) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,26,81,19,20,44,61,21,83,3,36,22,5,37,7,27,9,10,12,13,23,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-dutch-nederlands","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-german","category-gaeilge-irish","category-italian-italiano","category-language","category-latin","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-breton","category-middle-irish","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-nouns","category-old-cornish","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5818","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=5818"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6249,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5818\/revisions\/6249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}