{"id":8709,"date":"2025-03-15T14:18:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T14:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=8709"},"modified":"2025-03-15T14:18:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T14:18:29","slug":"soot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2025\/03\/15\/soot\/","title":{"rendered":"Soot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A post about words for <strong>soot<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages, and related words in other languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/armitage77\/5356972070\/in\/photolist-2iHDf2L-2iQcxU7-21maFdT-GaScN-kVykS6-eKtitJ-9anTaq-avVxp2-7JzXF-DJ6NN-bWK7A7-8hFR6X-r6Cmhm-GGbMK6-4m7pk-2h58FSM-tZAfdX-xgXTPf-9GUGCw-9mkQe1-9tJFgU-9tvdzg-zz8Cax-eJxKp-2imff1j-dT9WL-77Stub-4Q3r3j-PZ5LRR-jPPRB-sEhgXM-77NyZ4-77StuA-77StuL-yL2Pu1-2mUbZ4o-2mnUicv-6M8WUm-2ZcdZX-ipoqT3-wKN4dX-anDeNQ-2jFH65g-jTuHw5-B6Wh-2fcfZbq-2mKbbxH-2oAi1u3\" title=\"sooted\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/5244\/5356972070_6e8a82b949_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"sooted\"\/><\/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>*s\u016bdy\u0101<\/strong> = soot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Gaulish<\/th>\n<td><strong>*s\u016bdi\u0101<\/strong> = soot (?)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>s\u00faide<\/strong> = soot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>suide, suithe<\/strong> = soot<br \/>\n<strong>suigemail<\/strong> = sooty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>s\u00faiche<\/strong> [\u02c8s\u02e0u\u02d0\u00e7\u026a] = soot<br \/>\n<strong>s\u00faicheach<\/strong> = sooty, dirty<br \/>\n<strong>s\u00faicheacht<\/strong> = sootiness, dirtiness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>s\u00f9ith<\/strong> [su\u02d0j] = soot<br \/>\n<strong>s\u00f9itheach<\/strong> [su\u02d0j\u0259x] = sooty, full of soot<br \/>\n<strong>s\u00f9itheadh<\/strong> [su\u02d0j\u0259\u0263] = (act of) blackening with soot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>sooie<\/strong> = smut, soot<br \/>\n<strong>sooieagh<\/strong> = sooty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>huddygl, hudigyl, huddigl, hiddygyl, hiddigl<\/strong> = soot<br \/>\n<strong>hudyglyt, hiddyglyd, huddyglud, hyddyglyd, hiddyglud<\/strong> = sooty, reeky, fuliginous<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>huddygl<\/strong> [\u02c8h\u0268\u031e\u00f0\u0268\u031e\u0261l \/ \u02c8h\u026a\u00f0\u026a\u0261l] = soot<br \/>\n<strong>huddyglo, hyddyglu<\/strong> = to blacken with soot, smut<br \/>\n<strong>huddyglaidd<\/strong> = soot-like, sooty<br \/>\n<strong>huddyglfag<\/strong> = soot-forming, gathering soot<br \/>\n<strong>huddyglyd<\/strong> = sooty, reeky, fuliginous<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>filgeth, filgedh<\/strong> = soot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>hudhygel<\/strong> = soot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>huzel, huzil, hudel, huzeyl<\/strong> = soot<br \/>\n<strong>huzelyaff, huzeylet<\/strong> = to blacken (with soot)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>huzil<\/strong> [\u02c8hy\u02d0(z)il] = soot<br \/>\n<strong>huzila\u00f1<\/strong> = to blacken (with soot)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Proto-Indo-European <em>*suh\u2083d-<\/em> , from  <em>*sh\u2083ud-<\/em>, or from <em>*sed-<\/em> (to sit) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/huddygl#Welsh\">source<\/a>].  Words from the same Proto-Celtic root (via Gaulish) include <strong>sutge<\/strong> (soot) in Catalan, and <strong>suie<\/strong> (soot) in French, and maybe <strong>sadza<\/strong> (soot) in Polish and Slovak, <strong>\u0441\u0430\u0436\u0430<\/strong> (sa\u017ea &#8211; soot) in Russian, Ukrainian and Belarussian, and <strong>saze<\/strong> (soot) in Czech, although they may come from the PIE root <em>*sed-<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/s%C5%ABdy%C4%81\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Other words from soot in Welsh include <strong>mwca<\/strong> (soot, black thing), <strong>parddu<\/strong> (soot, smut, carbon, grime, blackness), <strong>smwt<\/strong> (soot, smut, smudge), <strong>swt<\/strong> (soot), <strong>tropas, tropos<\/strong> (soot, drops), and <strong>fflacs<\/strong> (soot blown down a chimney on a windy day) [<a href=\"https:\/\/welsh-dictionary.ac.uk\/gpc\/gpc.html\">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\/page\/n5\/mode\/2up\">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=\"https:\/\/geriafurch.bzh\/fr\">Geriafurch<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brezhoneg.bzh\/87-termofis.htm\">TermOfis<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/preply.sjv.io\/c\/1242341\/2037648\/24422\" target=\"_top\" id=\"2037648\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/a.impactradius-go.com\/display-ad\/24422-2037648\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/imp.pxf.io\/i\/1242341\/2037648\/24422\" style=\"position:absolute;visibility:hidden;\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post about words for soot and related things in Celtic languages, and related words in other languages. Words marked with a * are reconstructions. Proto-Celtic *s\u016bdy\u0101 = soot Gaulish *s\u016bdi\u0101 = soot (?) Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) s\u00faide = soot Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) suide, suithe = soot suigemail = sooty Irish (Gaeilge) s\u00faiche [\u02c8s\u02e0u\u02d0\u00e7\u026a] = [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-language"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8709","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=8709"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8711,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8709\/revisions\/8711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}