{"id":8664,"date":"2025-02-07T21:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T21:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=8664"},"modified":"2025-02-07T21:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T21:26:10","slug":"cressy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2025\/02\/07\/cressy\/","title":{"rendered":"Cressy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>cress<\/strong>, <strong>watercress<\/strong>, and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/157458829@N02\/47399570432\/in\/photolist-2fdxbUY-8Romzu-2psrtr3-JGz6f-db1xF-Fo4JN-JGDxB-aQJtED-6SiJLU-9gB9gn-2kZ3qDs-4SzSpY-6SiMMw-g6htMg-6SeCdx-6SiLN7-9NMjJo-5bdRwG-g8DoFG-8GGHFd-7RqdyX-f6K6Nq-AtpMfL-dfxvML-dxdtdp-PDj2Wh-VjKJN-9NMkGh-9xvQus-AtpQ9S-Namc3Q-2qaaKSc-2qacz2Z-5bej8u-4wu43R-9iGfA1-5behcw-9NJx8V-Nm4do5-2nMtqRv-2nMuxZj-5b9CDn-3YxXh9-2jqaNnM-2nMw6tH-WyzUoH-5beeQf-5bemvd-aKDbD-5bdUfq\" title=\"Watercress\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7823\/47399570432_bfb8750b76_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Watercress\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watercress<\/strong> is a perennial European herb, <em>Nasturtium officinale<\/em>, that grows in freshwater streams; used in salads and as a garnish, or a similar plant, <em>Nasturtium microphyllum<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/watercress#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cress<\/strong> is a plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic. [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/cress#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*beruros<\/strong> = watercress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Gaulish<\/th>\n<td><strong>berula<\/strong> = cress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>birar<\/strong> = watercress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle  Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>birar, biror, bilar, bilur<\/strong> = watercress<br \/>\n<strong>biolar Mhuire<\/strong> = brooklime<br \/>\n<strong>biolar tragha<\/strong> = scurvy-grass<br \/>\n<strong>birar\u00e1n<\/strong> = clean-topped cress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>biolar<\/strong> [\u02c8b\u02b2ul\u032a\u02e0\u0259\u027e\u02e0\/\u02c8b\u02b2\u0268l\u02e0\u0259\u027e\u02e0] = cress, watercress<br \/>\n<strong>biolrach<\/strong> = cressy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>biolair<\/strong> [bjul\u032a\u02b2\u026ar\u02b2] = cress, especially watercress<br \/>\n<strong>biolaireach<\/strong> = pertaining to or abouding in watercress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>burley<\/strong> = cress, watercress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*berur<\/strong> = cress (?)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>berwr, ber\u1efdr, berw<\/strong> = cress, watercress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>berwr, berw<\/strong> = cress, watercress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>beler<\/strong> = watercress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>beler<\/strong> = watercress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kerneweg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>beleren<\/strong> = cress<br \/>\n<strong>beleren dhowr<\/strong> = watercress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Breton (Brethonog)<\/th>\n<td><strong>beror<\/strong> = cress, watercress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>beler<\/strong> = cress, watercress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>beler<\/strong> [\u02c8be\u02d0.l\u025br] = cress, watercress<br \/>\n<strong>belereg \/ belerid<\/strong> = watercress bed<br \/>\n<strong>belerek<\/strong> = abounding in watercress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Proto-Celtic <em>berus<\/em> (spring, well), from Proto-Indo-European <em>*b\u02b0rewh\u2081-<\/em> (to boil, brew), or from PIE <em>*b\u02b0r\u00e9h\u2081wr\u0325<\/em> (spring, source). Words from the same Proto-Celtic roots, via Gaulish <em>*berul\u0101<\/em> and Latin <em>berula<\/em> (a herb: bittercress or waterparsnip) include <strong>berle<\/strong> (water parsnip) in French, <strong>Berle<\/strong> (water parsnip) in German, and <strong>berro<\/strong> (cress, watercress) in Spanish and Galician [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/beruros\">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 cress, watercress, and related things in Celtic languages. Watercress is a perennial European herb, Nasturtium officinale, that grows in freshwater streams; used in salads and as a garnish, or a similar plant, Nasturtium microphyllum [source]. Cress is a plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16,26,19,20,96,44,24,25,61,21,3,36,22,5,6,37,7,27,8,9,10,11,12,13,23,82,72,18,14],"tags":[52,46,51,195,48,56,47,53,49,55,196],"class_list":["post-8664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-food","category-french","category-galician","category-gaulish","category-german","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-latin","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-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-spanish-espanol","category-trees","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words","tag-breton","tag-celitc","tag-cornish","tag-cress","tag-gaelic","tag-gaulish","tag-irish","tag-language","tag-manx","tag-scottish-gaelic","tag-watercress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8664","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=8664"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8665,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8664\/revisions\/8665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}