{"id":7381,"date":"2023-07-06T16:49:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T15:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=7381"},"modified":"2023-07-07T15:08:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T14:08:04","slug":"spears-and-javelins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2023\/07\/06\/spears-and-javelins\/","title":{"rendered":"Spears and Javelins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>spear<\/strong>, <strong>javelin<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages:<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/53370644@N06\/4975878855\/in\/photolist-2mEjrf8-dr7deY-2hhqcWs-HTGrAE-RP5DV4-2e4zXHB-2fvYcP1-JpfhFd-HTEGZi-24XatYH-2hndn1h-ae6LQx-2e79ZHR-JM1YmY-8zGFqK-6fRuip-2hZpUH7-WGrqqf-4D2ccY-dGAqiz-djRgNU-cGgKmL-2hZmhoF-fhRQyk-fesbyE-f7tdoP-4vP7xp-dGAcBi-sWLJrT-UFgv1A-qF4HKN-76TKw1-awZCRJ-oye7LG-6oVZYe-nYBr2Y-M6cg4f-obJcrP-obcUv5-d7Ycdf-6ozBuZ-6oDM1S-py3PXM-nMiy9M-qdfTfU-zBG9u-ohSrdg-d7Yocq\" title=\"BXP135630\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4151\/4975878855_63e12953e1_z.jpg\" alt=\"BXP135630\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\"><\/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>*gaisos<\/strong> = spear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Gaulish<\/th>\n<td><strong>*gaisos<\/strong> = spear<br>\n<strong>*Ariogaisos<\/strong> = <em>male given name<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go&iacute;delc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gae<\/strong> [&#609;ai&#815;] = javelin, spear, penis<br>\n<strong>gae cr&oacute;<\/strong> = gush of blood, haemorrhage, unhealed wound<br>\n<strong>gae gr&eacute;ne<\/strong> = sunbeam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gae, ga<\/strong> = spear, javelin; ray, beam<br>\n<strong>ga-&iacute;n<\/strong> = little javelin<br>\n<strong>ga&iacute;de<\/strong> = armed with a spear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>ga<\/strong> [&#609;a\/&#609;a&#720;\/&#609;ah] = spear, dart, sting, ray (of light), radius, suppository, (fishing) gaff<br>\n<strong>ga-chat&oacute;ideach<\/strong> = cathode ray<br>\n<strong>ga-gr&eacute;ine<\/strong> = sunbeam<br>\n<strong>ga-geala&iacute;<\/strong> = moonbeam<br>\n<strong>ga-shim&eacute;adracht<\/strong> = radial symmetry<br>\n<strong>g&aacute;ma-gha<\/strong> = gamma ray<br>\n<strong>X-gha<\/strong> = X-ray<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G&agrave;idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gath<\/strong> [&#609;ah] = dart, beam, ray (of light), sting, barb, knot (in wood), shooting pain, sprout<br>\n<strong>gath-gealaich, gath-luain<\/strong> = moonbeam<br>\n<strong>gath-gr&egrave;ine<\/strong> = sunbeam<br>\n<strong>gath-leusair<\/strong> = laser beam<br>\n<strong>gath-x, gath-&ograve;mair<\/strong> = X-ray<br>\n<strong>gath cathod<\/strong> = cathode ray<br>\n<strong>gath-solais<\/strong> = ray of light, light beam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>goull<\/strong> = beam, dart, ray<br>\n<strong>goull eayst<\/strong> = moonbeam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>guaew, gvoev, gwaew, gwayw<\/strong> = lance, spear, javelin<br>\n<strong>gwaewdwnn<\/strong> = with broken spear, bold, broken by pain<br>\n<strong>gwaew ffon, gwaiw ffon<\/strong> = speak, lance, javelin, pike<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gwayw<\/strong> [&#609;we&#616;&#815;.&#650;\/&#712;&#609;wei&#815;.u] = lance, spear, javelin; shooting pain, stab, stitch, pang<br>\n<strong>gwaywawr, gwaywor<\/strong> = spearman, lancer, pikeman<br>\n<strong>gwaywdwn<\/strong> = with broken spear, bold, broken by pain<br>\n<strong>gwayw-fwyell<\/strong> = halberd<br>\n<strong>gwaywffon<\/strong> [&#712;&#609;we&#616;&#815;wf&#596;n\/&#712;&#609;wei&#815;wf&#596;n] = speak, lance, javelin, pike<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>(hoch-)wuyu<\/strong> = spear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>guw<\/strong> = spear. lance, javelin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>guw<\/strong> = spear<br>\n<strong>guwa<\/strong> = to spear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Breton<\/th>\n<td><strong>(guu)goiou<\/strong> = spear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>goaff, goaf, goao, gwaf<\/strong> = spear, stamen, boat hook<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>goaf<\/strong> = spear, pike, javelin, stamen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Proto-Germanic <em>*gaizaz<\/em> [&#712;&#611;&#593;i&#815;.z&#593;z] (spear, pike, javelin), from Proto-Indo-European <em>*&#501;&#688;oys&oacute;s<\/em> (throwing spear), from <em>*&#501;&#688;ey-<\/em> (to throw, impel) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/gaisos\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same Proto-Celtic root include <strong>gezi<\/strong> [&#609;e&#798;.s&#827;i] (arrow) in Basque (via Latin and Gaulish), <strong>&#1379;&#1377;&#1397;&#1387;&#1405;&#1400;&#1398;<\/strong> [&#609;&#593;ji&#712;s&#596;n\/k&#688;&#593;ji&#712;s&#596;n] (sceptre) in Armenian (via Ancient Greek), <em>gaesum<\/em> (a Gaulish javelin) in Latin, and <em>&gamma;&alpha;&#8150;&sigma;&omicron;&sigmaf;<\/em> [&#609;&acirc;i&#815;.sos] (a Gaulish javelin) in Ancient Greek [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/d%C3%A9%E1%B8%B1m%CC%A5\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same Proto-Germanic root include <strong>garfish<\/strong> (any fish of the needlefish family <em>Belonidae<\/em>) in English [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/garfish#English\">source<\/a>], <strong>geer<\/strong> (spear) in Dutch, <strong>Ger<\/strong> (spear) in German, <strong>geir<\/strong> (spear) in Icelandic, <strong>keih&auml;s<\/strong> (spear, javelin, pike) in Finnish, [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic\/gaizaz\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>My surname, <strong>Ager<\/strong>, possibly comes from the same Proto-Germanic root as well, via the Old English name <em>&#274;adg&#257;r<\/em>, from <em>&#275;ad<\/em> (happiness, prosperity), and <em>g&#257;r<\/em> (spear) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.surnamedb.com\/Surname\/Ager\">source<\/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 &ndash; Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.smo.uhi.ac.uk\/sengoidelc\/duil-belrai\/english.html\">In D&uacute;il B&eacute;lrai English &ndash; 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:\/\/archive.org\/details\/lexiconcornubrit00willuoft\">Gerlyvyr Cernewec<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkaevraz.net\/dicobzh\/index.php\">Dictionaire Favereau<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brezhspearg.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 &ndash; ProtoCeltic WordList<\/a> (PDF), <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/EtymologicalDictionaryOfProtoCeltic\">Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words for spear, javelin and related things in Celtic languages: Proto-Celtic *gaisos = spear Gaulish *gaisos = spear *Ariogaisos = male given name Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) gae [\u0261ai\u032f] = javelin, spear, penis gae cr\u00f3 = gush of blood, haemorrhage, unhealed wound gae gr\u00e9ne = sunbeam Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) gae, ga = spear, javelin; 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