{"id":7219,"date":"2023-03-29T16:59:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T15:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=7219"},"modified":"2024-09-01T18:26:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T17:26:17","slug":"fatty-lard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2023\/03\/29\/fatty-lard\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatty Lard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>fat<\/strong>, <strong>lard<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gabriellaopaz\/3093935370\/in\/photolist-aq3ksi-5Hpech-Xsqz-64Df5b-6jxf3s-as9LGJ-7p1rg-dxfnY9-kXze9-64iu97-kXzpD-9Bsvcu-cLRNLf-kXzha-3cn1wf-kXzs2-kXzkx-4QYP59-8KB2J-2nZbxDy-i9NUB-9899v-cLRPRu-qSiu75-kXzqf-kXzqX-9kedN-kXznx-kXziJ-kXzfH-kXzeZ-5iHs6n-kXzjS-9bBy6W-kXzmJ-6PjefG-ocmS8Y-64efpH-2nbpj5m-bi8Xgt-2nZd17K-b1MCyv-2jFCdUV-2jFD3zL-7qLkk6\" title=\"Lard\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3193\/3093935370_0b5aa762b5_z.jpg\" alt=\"Lard\" width=\"640\" height=\"558\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>blonac<\/strong> = fat, lard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>blonac, blonoc<\/strong> = fat, lard, grease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>blonag<\/strong> = soft fat, lard, blubber, paunch, spare tyre<br \/>\n<strong>blonag an mh\u00edl mh\u00f3ir<\/strong> = (whale) blubber<br \/>\n<strong>blonagach<\/strong> = fat, greasy, flabby<br \/>\n<strong>blonag\u00e1n<\/strong> = goose-foot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>blonag<\/strong> [bl\u032a\u02e0\u0254nag] = visceral fat, suet, lard, tallow<br \/>\n<strong>blonag-mhuice<\/strong> = lard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>blonnag<\/strong> = lard<br \/>\n<strong>blennick<\/strong> = fat, fatty tissue, lard, blubber<br \/>\n<strong>blennick vuickey<\/strong> = lard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*bl\u1ecdneg,<\/strong> = fat, lard, grease (?)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>blonec, blonnec<\/strong> = fat, lard, grease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bloneg<\/strong> = fat, lard, grease; belly, abdomen, lap, body fat; sap<br \/>\n<strong>magu bloneg<\/strong> = to become fat<br \/>\n<strong>meinwe floneg<\/strong> = adipose tissue<br \/>\n<strong>blonegaf, blonegu, blonega<\/strong> = to grow fat, to make fat, to grease with far or lard<br \/>\n<strong>blonegaidd<\/strong> = fatty, lardaceous, greasy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>blonec<\/strong> = fat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>blonec<\/strong> = fat, lard, grease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>blonek<\/strong> = fat, lard, grease<br \/>\n<strong>blonegek<\/strong> = greasy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Breton<\/th>\n<td><strong>blonecou<\/strong> = lard, fat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bloneg, blouhec, blounhec, blonec, bloanec<\/strong> = pork belly, fat<br \/>\n<strong>blonegenn<\/strong> = fat bread, lard bread<br \/>\n<strong>blonegenn-mor<\/strong> = jellyfish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>bloneg<\/strong> = addomen, lard, fat<br \/>\n<strong>bloneg-mor<\/strong> = jellyfish<br \/>\n<strong>blonegenn<\/strong> = fat bread, lard bread<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: possibly from Proto-Indo-European <em>*b\u02b0el<\/em> (to swell, blow up). The Goidelic words might be borrowed from Brythonic [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/bloneg#Welsh\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*g\u02b7eress\/*g\u02b7ered-<\/strong> = animal fat, tallow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>geir<\/strong> = fat, lard, suet, tallow<br \/>\n<strong>fogeir<\/strong> = to heat, warm, inflame, chafe, irritate, temper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>geir<\/strong> = animal fat, tallow, suet, lard<br \/>\n<strong>fo-geir<\/strong> = to heat, inflame, chafe, irritate, excite, temper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>geir<\/strong> [\u025f\u025b\u027e\u02b2] = fat, suet, tallow<br \/>\n<strong>geir r\u00f3sta<\/strong> = dripping<br \/>\n<strong>geireach<\/strong> = fatty, sebaceous<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>geir<\/strong> [g\u02b2er\u02b2] = fat, lard, tallow<br \/>\n<strong>geir-mhuc<\/strong> = lard<br \/>\n<strong>geireach<\/strong> = fatty, greasy, full of suet<br \/>\n<strong>geireadh<\/strong> = anointing, smearing with grease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>geirr<\/strong> = dripping, fat, suet, tallow<br \/>\n<strong>geirr vill<\/strong> = beeswax<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>guer, gwer<\/strong> = animal fat, tallow, suet, grease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gw\u00ear<\/strong> = animal fat, tallow, suet, grease<br \/>\n<strong>gw\u00ear (yr) aren<\/strong> = suet<br \/>\n<strong>gweraidd<\/strong> = tallowy, tallowish<br \/>\n<strong>gwerennaf, gwerennu<\/strong> = to congeal or coagulate into suet fat<br \/>\n<strong>gwerennog<\/strong> = fat, suety, lardy, greasy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Proto-Indo-European <em>*g\u02b7\u02b0er-<\/em> (heat) or <em>*\u01f5\u02b0wer-<\/em> (wild animal) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/geir#Irish\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same PIE roots include <strong>furnace<\/strong>, <strong>gore<\/strong>, <strong>thermal<\/strong> and <strong>warm<\/strong> in English [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Category:Terms_derived_from_the_Proto-Indo-European_root_*g%CA%B7%CA%B0er-\">source<\/a>], <strong>gor<\/strong> (to hatch, incubate, warm, heat, burn) in Irish [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/gor#Irish\">source<\/a>]., and words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2021\/12\/21\/heat\/\">warmth and heat<\/a> in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>sall, saill<\/strong> = bacon, salt-meat<br \/>\n<strong>sallid<\/strong> = to salt, cure<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>saill<\/strong> = salted meat (esp. bacon)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>saill<\/strong> = salted meat, fat meat, fat; to salt, cure, season<br \/>\n<strong>sailleach<\/strong> = fatty, adipose<br \/>\n<strong>sailleadh<\/strong> = salting, curing<br \/>\n<strong>sailleacht<\/strong> = saltiness (<em>of meat, etc.<\/em>)<br \/>\n<strong>saillteoir<\/strong> = salter, curer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>saill<\/strong> [sail\u032a\u02b2\/sal\u032a\u02b2\u0259] = to pickle, season; blubber, fat, suet<br \/>\n<strong>saill-sh\u00f9ighte<\/strong> = saturated fat<br \/>\n<strong>saill neo-sh\u00f9ighte<\/strong> = unsaturated fat<br \/>\n<strong>saill nan dubhagan<\/strong> = suet<br \/>\n<strong>saill b\u00e8icearachd<\/strong> = shortening<br \/>\n<strong>saill muice-mara<\/strong> = blubber<br \/>\n<strong>sailleadair<\/strong> = salter, fish-curer<br \/>\n<strong>sailleadh<\/strong> = (act of) salting<br \/>\n<strong>saillte<\/strong> = salted, salty<br \/>\n<strong>saillear<\/strong> = (salt-)cellar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>sahll<\/strong> = adioise tissue, blubber, fat, grease<br \/>\n<strong>sahllagh<\/strong> = adipose, blubbery, fatty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: possibly from the Proto-Celtic <em>*salanos<\/em> (salt) , from Proto-Indo-European <em>*s\u00e9h\u2082ls<\/em> (salt) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/salann\">source<\/a>]. Words for <strong>salt<\/strong> in Celtic and many other Indo-European languages come from the same roots [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/s%C3%A9h%E2%82%82ls\">source<\/a>]. Alternatively, related to the words below.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>s\u1efdyf, swyf<\/strong> = fat, tallow, suet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>swyf<\/strong> = fat, tallow, suet, scum, yeat, foam, froth<br \/>\n<strong>swyfaidd<\/strong> = sebaceous, yeasty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>suif<\/strong> = fat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>soa<\/strong> = suet, tallow<br \/>\n<strong>soath<\/strong> = fat, greasy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>soov<\/strong> = suet, tallow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Breton<\/th>\n<td><strong>soiu<\/strong> = tallow, suet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>soaff, soa<\/strong> = tallow, suet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>soav<\/strong> = tallow, suet (bread), octopus<br \/>\n<strong>soavek<\/strong> = tallowy<br \/>\n<strong>soavon<\/strong> = soap<br \/>\n<strong>soavonek<\/strong> = soapy<br \/>\n<strong>soavonerezh<\/strong> = soap factory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Latin <em>s\u0113bum<\/em> (tallow, grease, suet), from Proto-Indo-European <em>*seyb-<\/em> (to pour out). Words from the same roots include <strong>suet<\/strong> and <strong>sebum<\/strong> (a thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin) in English, <strong>suif<\/strong> (tallow, suet) in French, <strong>sego<\/strong> (tallow) in Italian [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/sebum#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>seim, saym, saim<\/strong> = (rendered) fat, lard, grease, tallow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>saim, saem, s\u00e2m<\/strong> = (rendered) fat, lard, grease, tallow, suet, lubricant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>seym<\/strong> = grease, train-oil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Middle English <em>seym<\/em> (grease), from Old French <em>saim<\/em> (fat) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/saim#Welsh\">source<\/a>], from Vulgar Latin <em>*sag\u012bmen<\/em>, from Latin <em>sag\u012bna<\/em> (feasting, nourishment, corpulence), possibly from Proto-Indo-European <em>*seh\u2082-<\/em> (to satisfy). The French word <strong>saindoux<\/strong> (lard) comes from the same roots, as does <strong>sa\u00edn<\/strong> (fist oil, lard) in Spanish, and <strong>sad<\/strong> and <strong>satisfy<\/strong> in English [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/sagina#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&amp;i=b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/banners\/banner_japanesepod.jpg\" alt=\"The Fastest Way to Learn Japanese Guaranteed with JapanesePod101.com\" width=\"630\" height=\"83\"><\/a><\/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), <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/EtymologicalDictionaryOfProtoCeltic\">Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/my.kualo.com\/uk\/go\/00572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.kualo.com\/rewards\/uk-unlimited2-468x60.gif\" width=\"468\" height=\"60\" border=\"0\"\nalt=\"Unlimited Web Hosting - Kualo\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words for fat, lard and related things in Celtic languages. Words marked with a * are reconstructions. Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) blonac = fat, lard Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) blonac, blonoc = fat, lard, grease Irish (Gaeilge) blonag = soft fat, lard, blubber, paunch, spare tyre blonag an mh\u00edl mh\u00f3ir = (whale) blubber blonagach = fat, greasy, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16,26,19,20,96,21,3,22,5,6,37,7,27,8,9,10,12,13,23,43,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7219","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-irish","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-nouns","category-old-breton","category-old-cornish","category-old-irish-goidelc","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\/7219","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=7219"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8413,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7219\/revisions\/8413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}