{"id":8637,"date":"2025-01-11T16:26:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T16:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=8637"},"modified":"2025-01-11T16:26:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T16:26:28","slug":"pursuing-followers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2025\/01\/11\/pursuing-followers\/","title":{"rendered":"Pursuing Followers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>to follow<\/strong>, <strong>pursue<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hedera_baltica\/50011710201\/in\/photolist-2jcn64x-2h4tSix-2e1nVeQ-e9dphN-23dPfXb-dWah6Y-o1cz1p-CzLWgc-z4VytS-MeMj2Z-2pSQKDJ-QzDMyb-ogVVL3-R1f38U-aKcww2-djv1sD-2hH9Rby-2qyoQ1C-2njS3dD-e2RzS1-Q8kCL-27sC3K-2n5wAdY-bjq3F2-2neBE2B-2ni88k8-azuhCU-4KkahW-2krTbS4-2dTnSDQ-2jBYzpP-2h9EWkf-aGEp9K-2pMDYP9-2ouXeDz-7sESdn-f5ngAC-2ogjFDP-2k8P22A-4Bqt6c-QZ61ZF-2opvcGf-2oRCwJF-ai6a6R-27NfnYZ-23biAAk-4xi6rQ-tS1RYQ-rPGDWg-7xEWun\" title=\"Following mommy\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50011710201_d4eaf0f9bd_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"177\" alt=\"Following mommy\"\/><\/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>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*sek\u02b7etor<\/strong> = to follow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>seichithir<\/strong> = to follow, persue<br \/>\n<strong>sechem<\/strong> = following, imitating<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>seichithir sechethar, sechtir<\/strong> = to follow, persue<br \/>\n<strong>sechem, sechim<\/strong> = following, imitating<br \/>\n<strong>sechimthid, seichte\u00f3ir, seichthid<\/strong> = follower<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>seicheamh<\/strong> = following, taking after, imitating, sequence, progression<br \/>\n<strong>fosheicheamh<\/strong> = subsequence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Proto-Indo-European <em>*s\u00e9k\u02b7etor<\/em> (to be following), from <em>*sek\u02b7-<\/em> (to follow) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/sek%CA%B7etor\">source<\/a>]. Words from the same Proto-Celtic root, via Gaulish (?) and Latin <em>segusius<\/em> (a hunting dog) include: <strong>sabuxo<\/strong> (hound) in Galician, <strong>segugio<\/strong> (hound, bloodhound, private eye, sleuth) in Spanish, and <strong>sabujo<\/strong> (hound, submissive person) in Portuguese [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/sek%CA%B7etor\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same PIE roots include: <strong>associate<\/strong>, <strong>sector<\/strong>, <strong>sequence<\/strong>, <strong>society<\/strong>, <strong>(to) sue<\/strong>, <strong>suit<\/strong>, <strong>suite<\/strong> and  <strong>subsequent<\/strong> in English, <strong>suivre<\/strong> (to follow) in French, <strong>s\u00e8kti<\/strong> (to observe, track down, follow, spy on) in Lithuanian, and <strong>seguir<\/strong> (to follow, continue, keep (on)) in Spanish [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/sek%CA%B7-\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>sewye, sew\u00e9, syw\u00e9<\/strong> = to follow, persue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>sewya<\/strong> = to follow, result<br \/>\n<strong>holyans<\/strong> = consequence, outcome, result, sequel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from English <strong>(to) sue<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/lexiconcornubrit00willuoft\/page\/320\/mode\/2up\">source<\/a>], which used to mean to follow or court, and comes from Middle English <em>seuen<\/em> (to follow, walk behind, be guided), from Anglo-Norman <em>suer, siwer<\/em> (to follow), from Old French <em>sivre<\/em> (to follow after), from Vulgar Latin <em>*sequere<\/em> (to follow), from Latin <em>sequ\u012b<\/em>, from <em>sequor<\/em> (to follow, pursue, succeed), from Proto-Italic <em>*sek\u02b7\u014dr<\/em> (to follow, come\/go after), from Proto-Indo-European <em>*sek\u02b7-<\/em> (to follow) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/sequor#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*linati<\/strong> = to stick, cling<br \/>\n<strong>*ati-linati<\/strong> = to adhere, stick to,  cling<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>lenaid<\/strong> [\u02c8l\u0348\u02b2en\u0268\u00f0\u02b2] = to stick, cling, follow, remain, continue, survive<br \/>\n<strong>lenamain<\/strong> = adhering, clinging, following<br \/>\n<strong>ad\u00b7len<\/strong> = to follow, adhere<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><s<strong>lena(i)d<\/strong> = to remain, continue, survive, pursue, persist, cleave to, cling to, adhere to, stay with, follow<br \/>\n<strong>len(a)main<\/strong> = adhering, clinging to, stuck in, following, pursuing<br \/>\n<strong>ad\u00b7len<\/strong> = to follow, adhere<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>lean<\/strong> [l\u02b2an\u032a\u02e0] = to follow, continue, remain, endure<br \/>\n<strong>leantach<\/strong> = consecutive, continuing<br \/>\n<strong>leant\u00f3ir<\/strong> = follower, trailer<br \/>\n<strong>lean\u00faint<\/strong> = following, persuit, adherence, continuation<br \/>\n<strong>lean\u00fanach<\/strong> = follower, pursuer, successor, continuant, continuous, successive<br \/>\n<strong>lean\u00fanachas<\/strong> = continuity, attachment, faithfulness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>lean<\/strong> [l\u032a\u02b2\u025bn] = follow, pursue, ensue, succeed, follow, continue, go on, stick to<br \/>\n<strong>leanachd<\/strong> [l\u032a\u02b2\u025bn\u0259xg] = following, pursuing, pursuit, followers, ensuing, succeeding, continuing<br \/>\n<strong>leanadail<\/strong> [l\u032a\u02b2\u025bn\u0259dal] = attendant<br \/>\n<strong>leanailteach<\/strong> [l\u032a\u02b2\u025bnnald\u02b2\u0259x] = adhesive, sticking, sticky, dogged, persistent, tenacious<br \/>\n<strong>leanailteachd<\/strong> [l\u032a\u02b2\u025bnald\u02b2\u0259xg] = continuity, perseverance, tenacity, adhesiveness, adhesion<br \/>\n<strong>leanaltas<\/strong> = perseverance\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>lhian(t)<\/strong> = to follow<br \/>\n<strong>lhiantag<\/strong> = attachment<br \/>\n<strong>lhiantyn<\/strong> = following<br \/>\n<strong>lhiantyn da\/gys<\/strong> = to cleave (to)<br \/>\n<strong>lhiantyn hug<\/strong> = to attach, obsess<br \/>\n<strong>lhiantyn huggey<\/strong> = to take after<br \/>\n<strong>lhiantyn rish<\/strong> = to cleave, persevere, pursue, stick to, cling<br \/>\n<strong>lhiantys<\/strong> = adherence, attachment<br \/>\n<strong>lhiantynys<\/strong> = adhesion, attachment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*ll\u0268nad<\/strong> = to stick, cling<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Welsh (Kembraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>linisant<\/strong> = to infect, defile, corrupt, be infectious, smear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>llynu<\/strong> = to infect, defile, corrupt, be infectious, smear<br \/>\n<strong>edlynv, eddlynu, edlynu<\/strong> = to smear, besmear, daub, slabber, befoul<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>llynaf, llynu<\/strong> = to infect, defile, corrupt, be infectious, smear<br \/>\n<strong>edlynaf, edlynu<\/strong> = to smear, besmear, daub, slabber, befoul<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Proto-Indo-European <em>*h\u2082leyH-<\/em> (to smear) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/lenaid#Old_Irish\">source<\/a>]. Words from the same PIE root include <strong>lime<\/strong>, <strong>liniment<\/strong>, <strong>loam<\/strong> and <strong>delete<\/strong> in English, <strong>lijm<\/strong> (glue) in Dutch, <strong>limon<\/strong> (silt) in French, <strong>Leim<\/strong> (glue) in German, <strong>limo<\/strong> (mud, slime, silt) in Italian, and <strong>lim<\/strong> (glue) in Swedish [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/h%E2%82%82leyH-\">source<\/a>].    <\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*solgos<\/strong> = ?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>olhau<\/strong> = to follow, trace<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>olhaf, olhau<\/strong> = to follow, trace<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>holye<\/strong> = to come after, to follow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>holya<\/strong> = to follow<br \/>\n<strong>holyans<\/strong> = sequence<br \/>\n<strong>holyer, holyores<\/strong> = follower<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Breton (Brethonoc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>hol<\/strong> = (act of) following<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>heul<\/strong> = following<br \/>\n<strong>heultaff<\/strong> = to follow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>heul<\/strong> [h\u00f8\u02d0l] = continuation, cortege, parade, escort, procession<br \/>\n<strong>heuli(a)\u00f1<\/strong> [\u02c8h\u00f8lj\u00e3] = to follow<br \/>\n<strong>heul(iad)<\/strong> [\u02c8h\u00f8.ljat] = procession, line, sequence, continuation, series, train<br \/>\n<strong>heuliadur<\/strong> = extension<br \/>\n<strong>heuliata<\/strong> = to continue<br \/>\n<strong>heuliataer<\/strong> = follower<br \/>\n<strong>heulier<\/strong> = follower, adept, minion<br \/>\n<strong>heulius<\/strong> = conformist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Proto-Indo-European <em>*selg\u02b0-<\/em> (to follow) [<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/heul#Breton\">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=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/EtymologicalDictionaryOfProtoCeltic\">Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic<\/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:\/\/dil.ie\/\">eDIL &#8211; Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanglann.ie\/en\/fgb\/ceann\">Teanglann.ie<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faclair.com\/\">Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/An_Etymological_Dictionary_of_the_Gaelic_Language\">An etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionaryq.com\/gaelg\/\">Fockleyreen: Manx &#8211; English Dictionary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mannin.info\/Mannin\/fockleyr\/m2e.php\">Online Manx Dictionary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/corpus.gaelg.im\/\">Gaelg Corpus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/geiriadur.ac.uk\/gpc\/gpc.html\">Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/lexiconcornubrit00willuoft\">Lexicon cornu-britannicum : a dictionary of the ancient Celtic language of Cornwall<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cornishdictionary.org.uk\/\">Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/devri.bzh\/\">Devri : Le dictionaire diachronique du breton<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkaevraz.net\/dicobzh\/index.php\">Dictionnaires bilingues de Francis Favereau \/ Edition Skol Vreizh<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brezhoneg.bzh\/87-termofis.htm\">TermOfis<\/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 to follow, pursue and related things in Celtic languages. Words marked with a * are reconstructions. Proto-Celtic *sek\u02b7etor = to follow Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) seichithir = to follow, persue sechem = following, imitating Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) seichithir sechethar, sechtir = to follow, persue sechem, sechim = following, imitating sechimthid, seichte\u00f3ir, seichthid = follower [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,116,16,26,81,19,20,44,25,61,21,83,3,36,110,5,6,77,37,27,8,78,10,40,11,12,13,60,82,64,43,98,18,14],"tags":[52,46,51,186,48,56,47,53,49,187,50],"class_list":["post-8637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-anglo-norman-norman","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-dutch-nederlands","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-gaulish","category-german","category-gaeilge-irish","category-italian-italiano","category-language","category-latin","category-lithuanian-lietuviu-kalba","category-middle-breton","category-middle-cornish","category-middle-english-englisch","category-middle-irish","category-nouns","category-old-breton","category-old-french-franceis","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-old-welsh","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-proto-italic","category-spanish-espanol","category-swedish-svenska","category-verbs","category-vulgar-latin-sermo-vulgaris","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words","tag-breton","tag-celitc","tag-cornish","tag-follow","tag-gaelic","tag-gaulish","tag-irish","tag-language","tag-manx","tag-pursue","tag-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8637","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=8637"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8638,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8637\/revisions\/8638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}