{"id":6322,"date":"2021-12-31T18:53:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T18:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=6322"},"modified":"2022-01-02T12:46:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T12:46:49","slug":"ladles-and-spoons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2021\/12\/31\/ladles-and-spoons\/","title":{"rendered":"Ladles and Spoons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ladles and Jellyspoons, or if you prefer, Ladies and Gentlemen, today we are look at words for <strong>spoon<\/strong>, <strong>ladle<\/strong> and related words in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lifeasiseeit\/146323382\/in\/photolist-dVWQW-fGdpgD-ecP8TM-pKXnYZ-dDm8vq\" title=\"Welsh Love Spoon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/54\/146323382_ce3efd65b3_z.jpg\" alt=\"Welsh Love Spoon\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/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>*l\u0113g\u0101<\/strong> = spoon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>l\u00edach<\/strong> [l\u0348\u02b2i\u02d0a\u032fx] = spoon, laddle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>liach<\/strong> [l\u0320\u02b2i\u0259x] = laddle, ladleful, measure<br \/>\n<strong>liachl\u00e1n<\/strong> = ladleful<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>liogh<\/strong> [l\u032a\u02b2\u0264\u0263] = blade (<em>of an oar, helicopter<\/em>), vane (<em>of a mill<\/em>), ladle, hero<br \/>\n<strong>liogh r\u00e0imh<\/strong> = oar blade<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>lheegh<\/strong> = ladle<br \/>\n<strong>lheegh awree<\/strong> = soup ladle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*llu\u0268\u0263<\/strong> = spoon, scoop, ladle, trowel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>llwy<\/strong> = spoon, ladle, trowel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>llwy<\/strong> [\u026cu\u02d0\u0268\u032f] = spoon, ladle, scoop, trowel, spatula, bucket, float, paddle (<em>of a water-wheel<\/em>)<br \/>\n<strong>llwy de<\/strong> = teaspoon<br \/>\n<strong>llwy fwrdd<\/strong> = tablespoon<br \/>\n<strong>llwy gawl<\/strong> = soup spoon<br \/>\n<strong>llwy grochan, llwy droetir<\/strong> = ladle<br \/>\n<strong>llwy bren<\/strong> = wooden spoon<br \/>\n<strong>llwy serch<\/strong> = love-spoon<br \/>\n<strong>llwyaid<\/strong> = spoonful, shovelful<br \/>\n<strong>llwyar(n)<\/strong> = trowel, fire-shovel, slive, scoop, corer, spatula<br \/>\n<strong>llwyar(n)u<\/strong> = to spread and smooth with a trowel or shovel<br \/>\n<strong>llwyo<\/strong> = to spoon or ladle (out)<br \/>\n<strong>llwywr<\/strong> = spoon-maker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>loe<\/strong> = spoon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>lo<\/strong> = spoon<br \/>\n<strong>lo balas<\/strong> = trowel<br \/>\n<strong>lo de<\/strong> = teaspoon<br \/>\n<strong>lo ledan<\/strong> = ladle<br \/>\n<strong>lo vras<\/strong> = tablespoon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Breton<\/th>\n<td><strong>loi<\/strong> = spoon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton<\/th>\n<td><strong>loa<\/strong> = spoon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>loa<\/strong> = spoon, striker, gouge, trowel, pliers<br \/>\n<strong>loa-dizoura\u00f1<\/strong> = slotted spoon<br \/>\n<strong>loa goad<\/strong> = wooden spoon<br \/>\n<strong>loa-gafe<\/strong> = teaspoon<br \/>\n<strong>loa-voued<\/strong> = soup spoon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*ley\u01f5\u02b0-<\/em> (lick) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/l%C4%93g%C4%81\">source<\/a>]. The English word <strong>lick<\/strong> comes from the same PIE root via the Middle English <em>likken<\/em> (to lick), the Old English <em>liccian<\/em> (to lick), the Proto-West Germanic <em>*likk\u014dn<\/em> (to lick), and the Proto-Germanic <em>*likk\u014dn\u0105<\/em> (to lick) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/ley%C7%B5%CA%B0-\">source<\/a>]<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>sp\u00fan\u00f3g<\/strong> [s\u02e0p\u02e0u\u02d0\u02c8n\u032a\u02e0o\u02d0\u0261 \/ \u02c8s\u02e0p\u02e0u\u02d0n\u02e0a\u0261] = spoon, spoonful<br \/>\n<strong>sp\u00fan\u00f3g tae \/ sp\u00fan\u00f3g bheag \/ taesp\u00fan\u00f3g<\/strong> = teaspoon<br \/>\n<strong>sp\u00fan\u00f3g mh\u00f3r \/ sp\u00fan\u00f3g bhoird<\/strong> = tablespoon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>sp\u00e0in<\/strong> [sba\u02d0n\u032a\u02b2] = spoon, blade (<em>of an oar<\/em>)<br \/>\n<strong>sp\u00e0in-bh\u00f9ird<\/strong> = tablespoon<br \/>\n<strong>sp\u00e0in-fhiodha<\/strong> = wooden spoon<br \/>\n<strong>sp\u00e0in-teatha, sp\u00e0in-t\u00ec<\/strong> = teaspoon<br \/>\n<strong>sp\u00e0inach<\/strong> = like or pertaining to spoons<br \/>\n<strong>sp\u00e0ineag<\/strong> = small spoon, small spoonful<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>spein<\/strong> = spoon<br \/>\n<strong>spein ambee<\/strong> = dessert spoon<br \/>\n<strong>spein ooh<\/strong> = egg spoon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong> (Irish): from the English <strong>spoon<\/strong>, from the Middle English <em>spo(u)ne\/spo(o)n<\/em> (spoon, chip of wood), from the Old English <em>sp\u014dn<\/em> (sliver, chip of wood, shaving), from the Proto-West Germanic <em>*sp\u0101nu<\/em> (chip, shaving, spoon), from the Proto-Germanic <em>*sp\u0113nuz<\/em> (chip, flake, shaving), from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*(s)peh\u2082-<\/em> (chip, shaving, log, length of wood) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic\/sp%C4%93nuz\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong> (Scottish Gaelic and Manx): from the Old Norse <em>sp\u00e1nn\/sp\u00f3nn<\/em> (chip, shaving, spoon), from the Proto-Germanic <em>*sp\u0113nuz<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/sp%C3%A0in\">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>Ladles and Jellyspoons, or if you prefer, Ladies and Gentlemen, today we are look at words for spoon, ladle and related words in Celtic languages. Proto-Celtic *l\u0113g\u0101 = spoon Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) l\u00edach [l\u0348\u02b2i\u02d0a\u032fx] = spoon, laddle Irish (Gaeilge) liach [l\u0320\u02b2i\u0259x] = laddle, ladleful, measure liachl\u00e1n = ladleful Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig) liogh [l\u032a\u02b2\u0264\u0263] = blade [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,26,19,20,21,3,22,5,77,7,27,8,9,71,70,11,12,67,13,23,43,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-breton","category-middle-english-englisch","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-nouns","category-old-breton","category-old-cornish","category-old-english-aenglisc","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\/6322","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=6322"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6326,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6322\/revisions\/6326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}