{"id":7769,"date":"2023-12-11T15:50:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T15:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=7769"},"modified":"2023-12-11T16:09:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T16:09:41","slug":"pickaxe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2023\/12\/11\/pickaxe\/","title":{"rendered":"Pickaxe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we&#8217;re looking at the words for <strong>pickaxe<\/strong>, <strong>pike<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/marcwathieu\/8528257532\/in\/photolist-fYKPnY-6mbPTs-bSc3rD-dZBxQY-25N9hLw-o8XFBm-5xYEtQ-bqEeCW-83zxqq-5xYGho-nxsBJb-Gh3z2F-nda67i-2nNxcHu-b39Dg2-2jzXAiS-c2co5o-dSFApx-2jA8N5k-nda61B-8AmiZ5-LJRRY1-2iuk9Qs-982NUF-21fAq-2iup7XF-cgSnS1-2iujWRc-hp5WN9-5HEfCV-PNH4b6-NGzPHA-dQjufq-2iuohx4-2mpkLvd-7iVmYf-6odcwc-nhsn3V-5VSMTc-5w6EkR-75crZt-XRrSyH-2iupc27-KQK3sS-6RAoag-8j9Zo8-6vFFdT-7iVnDC-jzGYLZ-4KiHSD\" title=\"Claes Oldenburg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8094\/8528257532_e6057ea71d_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" alt=\"Claes Oldenburg\"\/><\/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>Middle Irish (Gaoidhleag)<\/th>\n<td><strong>p\u00edce<\/strong> = pole, pike<br \/>\n<strong>p\u00edc\u00f3id<\/strong> = mattock, pickaxe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>p\u00edce<\/strong> [\u02c8p\u02b2i\u02d0c\u026a] = pike, fork, peak<br \/>\n<strong>p\u00edce\u00e1il<\/strong> = pike, fork, pitchfork, peak<br \/>\n<strong>p\u00edce\u00e1la\u00ed<\/strong> = forker, pitcher<br \/>\n<strong>p\u00edce\u00e1n<\/strong> = peak, tip<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>pic, p\u00ecc<\/strong> [pi\u02d0\u00e7g\u02b2] = pike<br \/>\n<strong>p\u00ecceach<\/strong> [pi\u02d0\u00e7g\u02b2\u0259x] = armed with pikes, abounding in pikes<br \/>\n<strong>p\u00eccear<\/strong> = pikeman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>pig<\/strong> = point, spike, pike<br \/>\n<strong>pigo<\/strong> = to prick, pierce, goad, peck, sting, bite<br \/>\n<strong>pigawd<\/strong>  = a thrusting or stabbing with a spear, a pricking<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>pig<\/strong> [pi\u02d0\u0261] = point, spike, pike, lance, pick(axe), prong, beak<br \/>\n<strong>pigach<\/strong> = darts<br \/>\n<strong>pigadail<\/strong> = obelisk, spire, pyramid, cone<br \/>\n<strong>pigaf, pigo<\/strong> = to prick, pierce, goad, peck, sting, bite<br \/>\n<strong>pig(i)aid<\/strong> = as much as can be picked up or carried on a pitchfork, beakful<br \/>\n<strong>pigau<\/strong> = pitchfork, hay-fork<br \/>\n<strong>pigawd<\/strong>  = a thrusting or stabbing with a spear, a pricking<br \/>\n<strong>pigell<\/strong> = goad, prick, prickle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>piga<\/strong> = to prick, prickle, sting<br \/>\n<strong>pigol<\/strong> = mattock, pick, pickaxe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>pig<\/strong> = grub axe, grubber, pick, pickaxe, pickle<br \/>\n<strong>piga<\/strong> = to goad, incite, sting<br \/>\n<strong>pigell<\/strong> = hoe, pick(axe), pickle<br \/>\n<strong>pigallas<\/strong> = to hoe<br \/>\n<strong>pigellik<\/strong>  = picker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>pig<\/strong> = pickaxe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>pik<\/strong> = piquant, point, pique<br \/>\n<strong>pika\u00f1<\/strong> = to sting, bite, pinch<br \/>\n<strong>pikezenn<\/strong> = pike, spade (in cards)<br \/>\n<strong>pigell<\/strong> = pickaxe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong> (Irish): from Old French <em>pik(k)e<\/em>, from Latin <em>p\u012bcca<\/em> (pickace, pike), possibly from Frankish <em>*pikk\u014dn<\/em> (to peck, strike), or from Frankish <em>*p\u012bk<\/em> (sharp point, pike), from Proto-Germanic <em>*p\u012bkaz<\/em> (sharp point, pike, pickaxe, peak) probably of imitative origin [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/p%C3%ADce#Irish\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong> (Scottish Gaelic, Welsh &#038; Cornish): probably from English <strong>pike<\/strong> or the Middle English <strong>pyke<\/strong> (pike, sharp point), which ultimately come from the same Proto-Germanic roots as <em>pik(k)e<\/em> in Old French.<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same roots include <strong>peck<\/strong>, <strong>pick<\/strong>, <strong>pike<\/strong>, <strong>pique<\/strong>, <strong>pitch<\/strong> in English [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/picca#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>caib<\/strong> [k\u0251b\u02b2\/kab\u02b2] = dibble<br \/>\n<strong>caibe\u00e1il<\/strong> = to plant with an implement, dibble<br \/>\n<strong>caibe\u00e1ila\u00ed<\/strong> = planter (of seed), dibbler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>caibe<\/strong> [k\u025bb\u0259] = space, mattock, iron part of tools<br \/>\n<strong>caibe-s\u00ecthe<\/strong> = fairy spade (amulet given to sick people &#038; cattle)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>kiebbey<\/strong> = spade, mattock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Welsh<\/th>\n<td><strong>cep<\/strong> = pickaxe, mattock, hoe, ploughshare<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>keyp, keib, caib<\/strong> = pickaxe, mattock, hoe, ploughshare<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>caib<\/strong> = pickaxe, mattock, hoe, ploughshare<br \/>\n<strong>caib garddwr<\/strong> = hoe<br \/>\n<strong>caib big, caib bicys<\/strong>  = pickaxe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: unknown<\/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:\/\/archive.org\/details\/lexiconcornubrit00willuoft\/mode\/2up\">Lexicon Cornu-britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall<\/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:\/\/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 pickaxe, pike and related things in Celtic languages. Words marked with a * are reconstructions. Middle Irish (Gaoidhleag) p\u00edce = pole, pike p\u00edc\u00f3id = mattock, pickaxe Irish (Gaeilge) p\u00edce [\u02c8p\u02b2i\u02d0c\u026a] = pike, fork, peak p\u00edce\u00e1il = pike, fork, pitchfork, peak p\u00edce\u00e1la\u00ed = forker, pitcher p\u00edce\u00e1n = peak, tip [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16,19,20,118,21,3,22,5,6,77,37,7,27,78,10,40,67,23,135,43,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-breton","category-english","category-etymology","category-frankish-frenkisk","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-breton","category-middle-cornish","category-middle-english-englisch","category-middle-irish","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-nouns","category-old-french-franceis","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-old-welsh","category-proto-germanic","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-tools","category-verbs","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7769","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=7769"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7771,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7769\/revisions\/7771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}