{"id":6466,"date":"2022-03-22T13:04:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T13:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=6466"},"modified":"2022-03-22T13:04:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T13:04:59","slug":"salt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2022\/03\/22\/salt\/","title":{"rendered":"Salt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we&#8217;re looking at the words for <strong>salt<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/judy-van-der-velden\/5635350088\/in\/photolist-9zYDfq-DN851t-nvjfhj-RVhdzt-zMXGHP-qsqFPN-8MCVj6-5kLT6S-EYaLE7-54j8HL-3qPGT-DH5RGr-n5cm6-28YrJ2R-A8ecJ-F71AA-2gvZ7MY-zPC5DT-Bodcd8-cyc86w-2mJ1XAQ-AQi4V-cyc7Xs-6MgMoG-LQNKuG-2mZWFJM-2chHwJv-2io56NB-a7N9LV-5SzVEJ-LtWScz-7w34Am-dZFFdh-rPuoMy-4eAFb-xTkvW-8UfcEh-MMQL-8NwoXV-24nCegh-5KgK8m-oAea-k5asG-hLBF7j-hLBFim-4SYboh-82gWQg-DkaGp-5bvtTg-fUohPf\" title=\"salt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/5186\/5635350088_1abd57ab61_z.jpg\" alt=\"salt\" width=\"640\" height=\"486\"><\/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>*salanos<\/strong> = salt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>salann<\/strong> [\u02c8salan\u0348] = salt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>salann<\/strong> [\u02c8s\u02e0\u0251l\u032a\u02e0\u0259n\u032a\u02e0 \/ \u02c8s\u02e0al\u02e0\u0259n\u032a\u02e0 \/ \u02c8s\u02e0\u0254l\u02e0\u0259n\u032a\u02e0] = salt<br \/>\n<strong>saill<\/strong> = to salt, cure, season<br \/>\n<strong>sailleadh<\/strong> = salting, curing<br \/>\n<strong>saillteacht<\/strong> = saltiness<br \/>\n<strong>saillteoir<\/strong> = salter, curer<br \/>\n<strong>s\u00e1ilt\u00e9ar<\/strong> = salt-cellar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>salann<\/strong> [sal\u032a\u02e0\u0259n\u032a\u02e0] = salt<br \/>\n<strong>salainneach<\/strong> [sal\u032a\u02e0\u026an\u032a\u02b2\u0259x] = salty<br \/>\n<strong>salainneachadh<\/strong> [sal\u032a\u02e0\u026an\u032a\u02b2\u0259x\u0259\u0263] = (act of) salting, (act of) curing with salt, salinisation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>sollan<\/strong> [\u02c8solan] = salt<br \/>\n<strong>sailjey<\/strong> = brackish, briny, corned, pickled, saline, salt, salty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*halu\u0268n<\/strong> = salt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>halaen, halen<\/strong> = salt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>halen<\/strong> [\u02c8hal\u025bn \/ \u02c8halan] = salt, sodium chloride; brine; moral \u00e9lite, the excellent of the earth, wit, eloquence<br \/>\n<strong>halenu<\/strong> = to salt, become salt<br \/>\n<strong>halenaidd<\/strong> = saline, salty, brackish<br \/>\n<strong>halenydd<\/strong> = salt, saline, brackish<br \/>\n<strong>halenog<\/strong> = salt, saliferous, saline, salty<br \/>\n<strong>halenwr<\/strong> = salt dealer, salt maker<br \/>\n<strong>h\u00e2l<\/strong> = salt, alkali, salty, saline, alkaline<br \/>\n<strong>hallt<\/strong> = salt, salty, briny, brackish, sharp, preserved in salt, pickled; bitter, sharp, harsh, severe; sea, the brine, the briny<br \/>\n<strong>halltog<\/strong> = salt, salty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>haloin<\/strong> = salt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>halan, halen<\/strong> = salt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>holan<\/strong> = salt<br \/>\n<strong>holanen<\/strong> = grain of salt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton<\/th>\n<td><strong>halon<\/strong> = salt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>holen<\/strong> = salt<br \/>\n<strong>holener<\/strong> = salt cellar<br \/>\n<strong>holena\u00f1<\/strong> = salt dealer\/seller<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong> from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*s\u00e9h\u2082ls<\/em> (salt)  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/salanos\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The English words <strong>salt<\/strong>, <strong>salary<\/strong>, <strong>salad<\/strong>, <strong>sauce<\/strong> and <strong>salsa<\/strong> come from the same PIE root [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/s%C3%A9h%E2%82%82ls\">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\">Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/books\/reader?id=CwUGAAAAQAAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover\">Gerlyvyr Cernewec<\/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 target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/shareasale.com\/r.cfm?b=1775355&amp;u=184793&amp;m=70611&amp;urllink=&amp;afftrack=\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.shareasale.com\/image\/70611\/728x90_00.jpg\" alt=\"italki - Win cash rewards for learning any language\" width=\"630\" height=\"78\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we&#8217;re looking at the words for salt and related things in Celtic languages. Proto-Celtic *salanos = salt Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) salann [\u02c8salan\u0348] = salt Irish (Gaeilge) salann [\u02c8s\u02e0\u0251l\u032a\u02e0\u0259n\u032a\u02e0 \/ \u02c8s\u02e0al\u02e0\u0259n\u032a\u02e0 \/ \u02c8s\u02e0\u0254l\u02e0\u0259n\u032a\u02e0] = salt saill = to salt, cure, season sailleadh = salting, curing saillteacht = saltiness saillteoir = salter, curer s\u00e1ilt\u00e9ar = salt-cellar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16,26,19,20,96,21,3,22,5,6,7,27,9,10,11,12,13,23,43,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-food","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-breton","category-middle-cornish","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-nouns","category-old-cornish","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","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\/6466","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=6466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6467,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6466\/revisions\/6467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}