{"id":5978,"date":"2021-06-22T14:51:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T13:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=5978"},"modified":"2021-06-24T13:24:02","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T12:24:02","slug":"wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2021\/06\/22\/wild\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>wild<\/strong> and related words, in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gordie_broon\/33205166695\/in\/photolist-SAead4-Jgrh8W-cqKeHu-RR9f9w-w3MNPE-c73yiQ-nw2VN9-LfkRom-7QPoA6-cEtavS-nKAZkc-MQbfpi-dDF8RD-AmTPoi-NCYMSo-a5wJBH-85n5LD-c73yx1-VL6PJn-85qffC-c73yLj-2m2denZ-c73z83-c73yVC-c73ziL-8BxVL4-CiEA6V-LUhV6q-K5jEF5-c73zus-bWiavq-bWjhh7-bWianq-bWhQ8S-bWhQ2j-2m2deph-2m2h87Y-2m2dep7-4ikJEV-7UDqVk-8ivewZ-24qMivb-ETXcYM-24qGroA-24qDi19-238oa26-23tjF4C-ffSAE2-2kJYsYq-21MPCwQ\" title=\"Gleann Nam Fiadh ..\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/690\/33205166695_978b0b1b17_z.jpg\" alt=\"Gleann Nam Fiadh ..\" 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>*w\u0113dus\/*weido-<\/strong> [\u02c8we\u02d0.dus] = wild<br \/>\n<strong>*weido-mokku-<\/strong> wild pig<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>f\u00edad<\/strong> [f\u02b2i\u02d0a\u032f\u00f0] = wasteland, wilderness; uncultivated land, territory, land<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>fia<\/strong> [f\u02b2i\u02d0\u027e\u02e0] = waste, wilderness; land, territory<br \/>\n<strong>fiabheatha<\/strong> = wildlife<br \/>\n<strong>fi\u00e1in<\/strong> = wild, uncultivated, undomesticated, uncontrolled, tempestuous, intensely eager<br \/>\n<strong>fi\u00e1nta<\/strong> = wild, fierce, savage<br \/>\n<strong>fi\u00e1ntas<\/strong> = wildness, fierceness, savageness; wilderness<br \/>\n<strong>fiata<\/strong> = wild, fierce, angry; shy<br \/>\n<strong>fiatacht<\/strong> = wildness, fierceness, sternness, anger<br \/>\n<strong>fiat\u00fail<\/strong> = wild, coarse, rough<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>fiadh<\/strong> [fi\u0259\u0263] = lord; wildness, wilderness (<em>archaic<\/em>)<br \/>\n<strong>fiadhan<\/strong> [fi\u0259.an] = wildness, shyness, feral<br \/>\n<strong>fiadhaich<\/strong> [fi\u0259.\u026a\u00e7] = untamed, uncultivated, wild; fierce; off (food &amp; drink); extremely<br \/>\n<strong>fiadhaichead<\/strong> [fi\u0259.\u026a\u00e7\u0259d] = savageness, wildness, savagery<br \/>\n<strong>fiadhain<\/strong> [fia.\u025bn\u032f\u02b2] = wild, untamed<br \/>\n<strong>fiadhtachd<\/strong> [fi\u0259hd\u0259xg] = wildness, fierceness<br \/>\n<strong>faoileachail<\/strong> [f\u026f\u02d0l\u0259xal] = wild, savage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>feie<\/strong> = natural, wild, savage<br \/>\n<strong>faasagh<\/strong> = wild, desolate, wilderness, waste place, desert<br \/>\n<strong>feiar,  feiaragh<\/strong> = savage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*gu\u0268\u00f0<\/strong> = wild<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>g\u0175ydd, gvyd<\/strong> = rude (uncultivated), savage, wild<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>g\u0175ydd<\/strong> [\u0261u\u02d0\u0268\u032f\u00f0\/\u0261\u028ai\u032f\u00f0] = wild, untamed, savage, untilled, uncultivated, woody, overgrown, desolate, desert; unploughed land, fallow land<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>guir<\/strong> = wild<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>gwyr, guyr<\/strong> = wild<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>goodh<\/strong> = wild<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Breton<\/th>\n<td><strong>guoid, guoed<\/strong> = wild<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton<\/th>\n<td><strong>goez<\/strong> = wild<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gouez<\/strong> = wild, fierce, ferocious, brutal, rustic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etmology<\/strong>: possibly from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*weyd\u02b0-<\/em> (wood, wilderness). Words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2021\/06\/24\/wild-ones-of-the-woods\/\">Gael(ic)<\/a> come from the same root [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/w%C4%93dus\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><strong>Disambiguation<\/strong><br \/>\nThere are several words in Welsh similar to g\u0175ydd, each of which has different meanings and origins:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>g\u0175ydd<\/strong> = wild, untamed, savage<\/li>\n<li><strong>g\u0175ydd<\/strong> = presence, sight, face, from the Proto-Celtic <em>*w\u0113dos<\/em> (sight, presence)  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/g%C5%B5ydd\">source<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li><strong>g\u0175ydd<\/strong> = goose, simpleton. From the Proto-Celtic <em>*gesd\u0101<\/em> (goose)  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/g%C5%B5ydd\">source<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li><strong>g\u0175ydd<\/strong> = grave, sepulchre, burial-mound, tumulus. Possibly related to <strong>gw\u0177dd<\/strong> (tree), or to <strong>g\u0175ydd<\/strong> (wild)<\/li>\n<li><strong>gw\u0177dd\/g\u0175ydd<\/strong> = knowledge, science. Related to <strong>gwybod<\/strong> (to know)<\/li>\n<li><strong>gw\u0177dd<\/strong> = tree(s), branches, twigs, forest, woods, shrub(s), lineage. From the Proto-Celtic <em>*widus<\/em> (wood, trees) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2018\/12\/25\/trees-woods-forests\/\">more details<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li><strong>gw\u00ebydd\/gwehydd\/gw\u0177dd<\/strong> = weaver, composer of poetry, weaver of songs. From <strong>gwau<\/strong> (to weave), from the Proto-Celtic <em>*wegyeti<\/em> (to weave)  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/gw%C5%B7dd\">source<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*g\u02b7eltis<\/strong> wild<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>geilt<\/strong> [f\u02b2i\u02d0a\u032f\u00f0] = wasteland, wilderness; uncultivated land, territory, land<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>geilt\/gelt<\/strong> = madman, lunatic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gealt<\/strong> [\u025fal\u032a\u02e0t\u032a\u02e0] = crazy person, lunatic; panic-stricken person, naked fugitive<br \/>\n<strong>gealtach<\/strong> = crazed, insane, wild, panic-stricken person or animal<br \/>\n<strong>gealtachas<\/strong> = craziness, lunacy, panic, terror<br \/>\n<strong>gealtacht<\/strong> = lunacy, insanity, wildness, panic<br \/>\n<strong>gealtlann<\/strong> = lunatic asylum<br \/>\n<strong>gealtra<\/strong> = (gang of) wild, mischievous children<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>geilt<\/strong> [g\u02b2eld\u02b2] = terror, fear, dread, skittishness<br \/>\n<strong>gaelachan<\/strong> [g\u02b2al\u032a\u02e0\u0259xan] = lunatic<br \/>\n<strong>tinneas na gealaich<\/strong> = lunacy, madness, insanity (<em>archaic<\/em>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>doghanagh<\/strong> = ill, diseased, disoredered, morbid, sickly<br \/>\n<strong>eayst-ghoghanagh<\/strong> = lunatic<br \/>\n<strong>far-ghoghanagh<\/strong> = malingerer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*gw\u0268lt<\/strong> [\u02c8\u0261wi\u02d0r] = wild<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>guyll, gwyllt<\/strong> = rude (uncultivated), savage, wild<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gwyllt<\/strong> [\u0261w\u0268\u02d0\u026ct\/\u0261w\u026a\u026ct] = wild, timid, untamed, angry, furious, fierce; uncultivated, uninhabited, desolate, desert; stormy, tempestuous, raging, turbulent<br \/>\n<strong>gwylltineb<\/strong> = wildness, rashness, rage, fury<br \/>\n<strong>gwylltio<\/strong> = to lose one\u2019s temper, be scared, flee, grow wild<br \/>\n<strong>gwylltaidd<\/strong> = wildish, turbulent, unruly, irresponsible<br \/>\n<strong>gwyllt\u00e2f\/gwyllt\u00e1u<\/strong> = to become wild, grow wild<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>guill<\/strong> = wild<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gwyls<\/strong> = wild, fierce, savage, violent<br \/>\n<strong>gwylvos<\/strong> = wilderness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Breton<\/th>\n<td><strong>gueld<\/strong> = wild, untamed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etmology<\/strong>: from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*g\u02b7\u02b0el-t-<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/gwyllt\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/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)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words for wild and related words, in Celtic languages. Proto-Celtic *w\u0113dus\/*weido- [\u02c8we\u02d0.dus] = wild *weido-mokku- wild pig Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) f\u00edad [f\u02b2i\u02d0a\u032f\u00f0] = wasteland, wilderness; uncultivated land, territory, land Irish (Gaeilge) fia [f\u02b2i\u02d0\u027e\u02e0] = waste, wilderness; land, territory fiabheatha = wildlife fi\u00e1in = wild, uncultivated, undomesticated, uncontrolled, tempestuous, intensely eager fi\u00e1nta = wild, fierce, savage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16,26,19,21,3,22,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,23,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-cornish","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-old-breton","category-old-cornish","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-proto-brythonic","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\/5978","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=5978"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5997,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5978\/revisions\/5997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}