{"id":7410,"date":"2023-07-22T13:52:55","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T12:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=7410"},"modified":"2024-05-25T11:48:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T10:48:49","slug":"beaks-and-snouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2023\/07\/22\/beaks-and-snouts\/","title":{"rendered":"Beaks and Snouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>beak<\/strong>, <strong>snout<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/126816719@N03\/22133934003\/in\/photolist-zHUcrM-SSmYSL-fKEvmf-2offpoz-2kdDqhJ-2nDXE3x-xyrm9-2mKerJB-2mfQeKv-2kbbCjE-RSBJBq-a9DgnD-bTdpJH-2g7iqmn-hYVvo-2nfB1Xz-MeJ6Jh-DsCWJg-E1yTD-2j2sqF4-2kRXpeG-2jbmsPb-2mDkK5B-z4hHni-2ohtf2N-8snx1n-2oDbPFH-avgha-2ixEdHS-2u5YnD-29VcJDw-Ju3qaA-2nKfvjb-2ok9DZk-2hMwQAN-2otr8ME-2o74ohg-6K9EbX-62ZV8a-dqhTAc-2kkFLUT-2n1teZi-2ntCBkS-2nQeGaG-2nYma6X-RLBmvp-2nSk4ht-2oErw7Y-2nk8soV-2nYS6AY\" title=\"Waiting for chip's\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/651\/22133934003_75b4b4d2c8_z.jpg\" alt=\"Waiting for chip's\" width=\"640\" height=\"379\"><\/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>*gobbos<\/strong> = muzzle, snout, beak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Gaulish<\/th>\n<td><strong>*gobbos<\/strong> [\u02c8\u0261ob.bos] = mouth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gop<\/strong> = beak, snout, muzzle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gop, guib, guip<\/strong> = muzzle, snout, beak, point\/head of a spear, thin-mouthed, sharp-pointed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gob<\/strong> [\u0261\u0254b\u02e0\/\u0261\u025eb\u02e0\/\u0261\u028cb\u02e0] = beak, bill, tip, point, projection<br \/>\n<strong>gobach<\/strong> = beaked, long-billed, sharp (expression), pointed, lipped (jug)<br \/>\n<strong>gobach\u00e1n<\/strong> = sharp-featured person, beak-nosed person, sharp-tongued person, inquisitive\/interfering person, chatterer, gossip<br \/>\n<strong>gobadh<\/strong> = protrusion, shooting, springing, sprouting<br \/>\n<strong>goba\u00ed<\/strong> = bird with a long beak, person with pointed features<br \/>\n<strong>gobaireacht<\/strong> = picking, pecking, chattering, chatter, gossip<br \/>\n<strong>gob\u00e1n<\/strong> = (small) tip, point, gag, dummy<br \/>\n<strong>goblach<\/strong> = beakful, mouthful, morsel, lump, chunk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gob<\/strong> [gob] = beak, bill, gob, pointed\/sharp end, corner, spit (of land), point (of a fishing hook)<br \/>\n<strong>gobachadh<\/strong> = pecking, rising (wind), poking through<br \/>\n<strong>gobad<\/strong> [gobag] = talkative female, little bill, cabin hook<br \/>\n<strong>goban<\/strong> = small mouth, small beak<br \/>\n<strong>gobaire<\/strong> = chatterbox, chattterer, tell-tale<br \/>\n<strong>gobach<\/strong> [gob\u0259x] = beaked, snouty, cheeky, chatty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gob<\/strong> = apex, headland, hook, jet, jut, nose(piece), point, prominence, promontory, beak, nib, spout, mouth, muzzle, bow (of ship)<br \/>\n<strong>gobbagh<\/strong> = beaked, billed, nibbed, prominent, salient<br \/>\n<strong>gob-rollian<\/strong> = talkative person<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*\u01f5eb\u02b0-<\/em> (jaw, mouth). Words from the same Proto-Celtic root include <strong>gober<\/strong> (to swallow hole) and <strong>gobelet<\/strong> (goblet, cup, beaker) in French, and <strong>gob<\/strong> (a slang word for mouth) and <strong>goblet<\/strong> in English, [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/gob#Irish\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*bekkos<\/strong> = beak, snout<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Gaulish<\/th>\n<td><strong>*bekkos<\/strong> = beak, snout<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*bek<\/strong> = beak, snout<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>becq, beeg, b\u00eag, beg<\/strong> = mouth, beak, snout, point, cape, summit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>beg<\/strong> = beak, mouth, point, mouthpiece, embouchure<br \/>\n<strong>beg-douar<\/strong> = point<br \/>\n<strong>beg-hir<\/strong> = dolphin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: possibly from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*bak-<\/em> (peg, club) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/bekkos\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same roots, via the Gaulish <em>*bekkos<\/em> and the Latin <em>beccus<\/em> (beak, bill), include <strong>bec<\/strong> (beak, bill, mouth) in French, <strong>beco<\/strong> (beak, mouthpiece, burner) in Italian, <strong>bico<\/strong> (beak, bill, snout, rostrum) in Portuguese, <strong>pico<\/strong> (beak, sharp point, pickaxe, peak, spout) in Portuguese, <strong>bek<\/strong> (beak, snout, mouth) in Dutch, and <strong>beak<\/strong> in English [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/beccus#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*gulb\u0101, *gulb\u012bnos<\/strong> = beak, bill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Gaulish<\/th>\n<td><strong>*gulbi\u0101<\/strong> = beak, bill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gulban, gulpan<\/strong> = bird\u2019s beak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gulba<\/strong> = beak, mouth, jaw<br \/>\n<strong>gulban<\/strong> = beak, sting<br \/>\n<strong>gulbanda<\/strong> = beaked, piercing<br \/>\n<strong>gulbnech<\/strong> = beaked, sharp-beaked<br \/>\n<strong>gulbn\u00e9n<\/strong> = small beak<br \/>\n<strong>gulbnide<\/strong> = biting<br \/>\n<strong>gulbniugad<\/strong> nibbing, biting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gulba<\/strong> = beak, bill, tip, point, projection<br \/>\n<strong>guilbneach<\/strong> = (sharp-)beaked, curlew<br \/>\n<strong>guilbn\u00e9an<\/strong> = little beak<br \/>\n<strong>guilbnigh<\/strong> = to peck<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gulb<\/strong> [gul\u032a\u02e0ub] = beak, nose<br \/>\n<strong>gulban<\/strong> [gul\u032a\u02e0uban] = beak, nose<br \/>\n<strong>guilbneach<\/strong> [gulubn\u0259x] = curlew<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*gulbino-<\/strong> = beak, snout<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Welsh (Kembraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gilb<\/strong> = sharp point, beak, bill, snout<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gelef, gylyf<\/strong> = sharp point, beak, bill, snout<br \/>\n<strong>gilbin, gyluin, gylfin<\/strong> = bird\u2019s beak, snout<br \/>\n<strong>gylfinir, gelvinir, gylfinhir<\/strong> = curlew<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gylf, glyfyf<\/strong> = sharp point, sharp-pointed instrument, knife, bird\u2019s beak, bird\u2019s bill, snout, nose, grimace<br \/>\n<strong>gylfin<\/strong> = bird\u2019s beak, bill, snout, sharp-pointed nose, mouth, lip<br \/>\n<strong>gylfinaid<\/strong> = beakful, mouthful<br \/>\n<strong>gylfinir<\/strong> = curlew<br \/>\n<strong>gylfinog<\/strong> = beaked, rostrated, wild daffodil, narcissus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>geluin<\/strong> = beak, bill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gelvin<\/strong> = beak, bill<br \/>\n<strong>gelvinac, gylvinac<\/strong> = curlew<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gelvin<\/strong> = beak, bill<br \/>\n<strong>gelvinek<\/strong> = curlew<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>gwlib, glawlib<\/strong> = curlew, whimbrel (?)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: probably of non-Proto-Indo-European origin. Words from the same root, via Gaulish <em>*gulbi\u0101<\/em> and the Latin <em>gulbia<\/em> (piercer, chisel), <strong>gulbia<\/strong> (gouge) in Galician, <strong>gubia<\/strong> (gouge) in Spanish, <strong>gorbia<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/ferrule#English\">ferrule<\/a>) in Italian, and <strong>gouge<\/strong> in English and French [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/gulbia\">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\/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<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 beak, snout and related things in Celtic languages. Proto-Celtic *gobbos = muzzle, snout, beak Gaulish *gobbos [\u02c8\u0261ob.bos] = mouth Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) gop = beak, snout, muzzle Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) gop, guib, guip = muzzle, snout, beak, point\/head of a spear, thin-mouthed, sharp-pointed Irish (Gaeilge) gob [\u0261\u0254b\u02e0\/\u0261\u025eb\u02e0\/\u0261\u028cb\u02e0] = beak, bill, tip, point, projection [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,84,16,26,19,20,44,24,25,21,83,3,36,22,6,37,7,27,8,9,10,40,41,11,12,13,23,82,43,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-birds","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-galician","category-gaulish","category-gaeilge-irish","category-italian-italiano","category-language","category-latin","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-cornish","category-middle-irish","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-nouns","category-old-breton","category-old-cornish","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-old-welsh","category-parts-of-the-body","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-spanish-espanol","category-verbs","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7410","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=7410"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8196,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7410\/revisions\/8196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}