{"id":6304,"date":"2021-12-14T16:16:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T16:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=6304"},"modified":"2021-12-19T14:05:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T14:05:20","slug":"thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2021\/12\/14\/thunder\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>thunder<\/strong> and related words in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bjornlifoto\/4790232061\/in\/photolist-8iic6X-U5wChH-4cT4EM-6RoQns-6RoQuU-6RjMUB-6zK2VE-cL2d4-cL127-cMNAL-9QkweQ-6RoQru-ne8AVt-pp4jym-3pdzU-287Ap5N-6C8JAb-ksLQ3-6gq8CB-XWTSs-n4rKxi-9Srbpf-2kWqwuj-XSrkx-XWTH3-a3RZA3-2xNJPe-XWTaj-aDpDYM-28udRTj-2jqLyTP-CLycmC-2gZ8hMt-bcejMi-97xNXz-28udSU7-cFb7Q-TZ4uV3-8hW5mP-2jMQUWo-26PGc7J-4frj7i-ng7jP-2jMQVuH-cbfHH-9VqDE-2jMVQJv-spoutA-5brEbR-2jMQVKC\" title=\"Thunder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4101\/4790232061_3d4bd56338_z.jpg\" alt=\"Thunder\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\"><\/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>*toranos<\/strong> = thunder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Gaulish<\/th>\n<td><strong>*taranus<\/strong> = thunder<br \/>\n<strong>Tanaris \/ *Toranos \/ *Tonaros \/ *Tanaros<\/strong> = Celtic god of thunder.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>torann<\/strong> = thunder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>torann<\/strong> [\u02c8t\u032a\u02e0\u0254\u027e\u02e0\u0259n\u032a\u02e0\/\u02c8t\u032a\u02e0\u028c\u027e\u02e0\u0259n\u032a\u02e0] = noise, thunder, (tumult of) battle<br \/>\n<strong>toirneach<\/strong> [\u02c8t\u032a\u02e0o\u02d0\u027e\u02e0n\u0320\u02b2\u0259x\/\u02c8t\u032a\u02e0a\u02d0\u027e\u02e0n\u0320\u02b2a(x)] = thunder, thunderclap<br \/>\n<strong>toirni\u00fail<\/strong>  = thundery, thundering, noisy<br \/>\n<strong>torannach \/ toranda<\/strong> = noisy<br \/>\n<strong>torann\u00e1il<\/strong> = (act of) making noise, rumbling<br \/>\n<strong>marbhthoirneach<\/strong> = subdued, distant thunder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>torrann<\/strong> [t\u0254r\u032a\u02e0\u0259n\u032a\u02e0]  = loud murmur, rumble, thunder<br \/>\n<strong>torrunn<\/strong> [t\u0254r\u032a\u02e0\u0259n\u032a\u02e0]  = loud murmur, rumble, thunder<br \/>\n<strong>toireann<\/strong> [t\u0264r\u02b2\u0259n\u032a\u02e0]  = thunder<br \/>\n<strong>t\u00e0irneach<\/strong> [ta\u02d0r\u032a\u02e0n\u032a\u02b2\u0259x] = thunder<br \/>\n<strong>t\u00e0irneanach<\/strong> [ta\u02d0r\u032a\u02e0n\u032a\u02b2\u0259n\u0259x] = thunder<br \/>\n<strong>torrann-sg\u00f2th<\/strong> =  thundercloud<br \/>\n<strong>m\u00f2thar an t\u00e0irneanaich<\/strong> = the roar of thunder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>taarnagh \/  taarnaghey<\/strong> = thunder, thundering<br \/>\n<strong>rooit haarnee<\/strong> = thunder-clap<br \/>\n<strong>bodjal taarnee<\/strong> = thunder cloud<br \/>\n<strong>frass taarnee<\/strong> = thunder shower<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*taran<\/strong> = thunder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>taran<\/strong> = (peal of) thunder,  thunderclap<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>taran<\/strong> [\u02c8taran\/\u02c8ta\u02d0ran] = thunder, thunderclap, thunderbolt<br \/>\n<strong>taranau<\/strong> = thunder<br \/>\n<strong>taranu<\/strong> = to thunder, roar, fulminate, vociferate, cause\/give forth thunder<br \/>\n<strong>taran(i)ad<\/strong> = thundering, clap of thunder, roar, loud noise like thunder<br \/>\n<strong>mellt a tharanau<\/strong> = thunder and lightning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>taran<\/strong> = thunder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>taran<\/strong> = thunder<br \/>\n<strong>tarenna, taredna<\/strong> = to thunder<br \/>\n<strong>taran sonek<\/strong> = sonic boom<br \/>\n<strong>tardh taran<\/strong> = thunderclap<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Breton<\/th>\n<td><strong>taran<\/strong> = thunder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>taran<\/strong> = thunder, thundering, flashes, growls, grumbling<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*(s)tenh\u2082-<\/em> (to thunder) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/toranos\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words for thunder in Germanic languages come from the same PIE root, via the Proto-Germanic <em>*\u00feunraz<\/em> (thunder, Germanic deity), including <strong>thunder<\/strong> in English,  <strong>donder<\/strong> in Dutch, <strong>Donner<\/strong> in German, and <strong>torden<\/strong> in Norwegian, and also the Old Norse <em>\u00de\u00f3rr<\/em> (Thor &#8211; god of thunder), from whom we get the word <strong>Thursday<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic\/%C3%BEunraz\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The English word <strong>tornado<\/strong> comes from the same PIE root, via the Spanish <strong>tronada<\/strong> (thunderstorm), from <strong>tronar<\/strong> (to thunder), from the Latin <em>ton\u014d<\/em> (to thunder), from which we also get words for thunder in Romance languages [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/tornado#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The name of the <strong>River Tanaro<\/strong> in northwestern Italy comes from the Latin <em>Tanarus<\/em>, from the Gaulish <em>*Tanaros<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/toranos\">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:\/\/www.logainm.ie\/en\/s?txt=gls%3a106-lios&amp;pag=-1\">logainm.ie<\/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=\"http:\/\/devri.bzh\/\">Le dictionnaire diachronique du breton<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/geriafurch.bzh\/br\">Geriafurch<\/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<p><a href=\"http:\/\/create.blubrry.com\/resources\/podcast-media-hosting\/?code=omniglot\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/banner_blubrry.png\" alt=\"Blubrry podcast hosting\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words for thunder and related words in Celtic languages. Proto-Celtic *toranos = thunder Gaulish *taranus = thunder Tanaris \/ *Toranos \/ *Tonaros \/ *Tanaros = Celtic god of thunder. Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) torann = thunder Irish (Gaeilge) torann [\u02c8t\u032a\u02e0\u0254\u027e\u02e0\u0259n\u032a\u02e0\/\u02c8t\u032a\u02e0\u028c\u027e\u02e0\u0259n\u032a\u02e0] = noise, thunder, (tumult of) battle toirneach [\u02c8t\u032a\u02e0o\u02d0\u027e\u02e0n\u0320\u02b2\u0259x\/\u02c8t\u032a\u02e0a\u02d0\u027e\u02e0n\u0320\u02b2a(x)] = thunder, thunderclap toirni\u00fail = thundery, thundering, noisy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,26,81,19,20,25,61,21,3,36,22,7,27,8,9,10,70,11,12,67,13,23,43,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-dutch-nederlands","category-english","category-etymology","category-gaulish","category-german","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-latin","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-nouns","category-old-breton","category-old-cornish","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-old-norse-dnsk-tunga","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-germanic","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\/6304","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=6304"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6309,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6304\/revisions\/6309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}