{"id":9006,"date":"2025-10-15T14:23:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T13:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=9006"},"modified":"2025-10-15T14:23:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T13:23:01","slug":"hairy-manes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2025\/10\/15\/hairy-manes\/","title":{"rendered":"Hairy Manes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>mane<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/missblackpepper\/7822012788\/in\/photolist-qAdFp-cwU29m-4KpCX5-2kc3LjS-82bdmk-6KG3ec-4ouYgY-2qMeBz1-btBcBL-6nEubK-6nJSKY-7wHhgd-22a6t8L-2o8VWsU-22a6ugN-2kvr2Rt-rXgbsi-cVcRTs-2kvr2Pz-4MWTpM-avTwQq-CNqyPi-cp5yjo-4LihdK-e32fMj-ggLoNv-rXbNfr-7pJ4gJ-eAymL-aXRyWH-ggKtoB-2mRVxZC-nAPKi3-2nXkNBH-2i3ZVGp-KN8n2v-Ngx4Fb-2jN7y9X-2pAYeJK-bopqk2-2hNEgwD-cECsvU-2kimXMj-Dz2CB-nmKCha-2kc4apa-TsiNYJ-2kvvaGE-aVXanR-rENG9B\" title=\"Lovely Mane\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7109\/7822012788_cda5bc6a3e_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" alt=\"Lovely Mane\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A <strong>mane<\/strong> [me&#618;n] is longer hair growth on back of the neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion, or long or thick hair of a person&rsquo;s head. It comes from Middle English <em>ma(y)ne<\/em> (mane), from Old English <em>manu<\/em> (mane), from Proto-West Germanic <em>*manu<\/em>, from Proto-Germanic <em>*man&#333;<\/em> (mane), from Proto-Indo-European <em>*mon(y)-<\/em> (crest, mane) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/awl#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>*mong&#257;<\/strong> = mane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go&iacute;delc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mong<\/strong> = mane, lock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mong, monc<\/strong> = a lock or tuft of hair, hair, a head of hair, sea form, surf, foiliage, nap of cloth, mane<br>\n<strong>mongach<\/strong> = long-haired, hairy<br>\n<strong>mongda<\/strong> = having abundant hair<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>moing<\/strong> [m&#736;i&#720;&#626;&#607;] = mane, long hair, thick growth of hair, thick growth of vegetation, dense cover of trees, overgrown swamp, mossy fen<br>\n<strong>moingfhada<\/strong> = long-maned, long-haired<br>\n<strong>moingfhionn<\/strong> = white-maned, fair-haired<br>\n<strong>mongach<\/strong> = maned, long-haired, covered with vegetation, mossy, marshy<br>\n<strong>mong&aacute;n<\/strong> = overgrown swamp, overgrown stream<br>\n<strong>monglait<\/strong> = mop of hair<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G&agrave;idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mong<\/strong> = mane (of hair)<br>\n<strong>muing<\/strong> [m&#361;&#297;&#331;&#690;g&#690;] = mane (of hair)<br>\n<strong>muingeach<\/strong> [m&#361;&#297;&#331;&#690;g&#690;&#601;x] = woman with a mane of hair, maned, pertaining to a mane, having a mane of hair<br>\n<strong>muingeag<\/strong> = young woman with a mane of hair<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mwing<\/strong> = mane<br>\n<strong>mwingagh<\/strong> = maned<br>\n<strong>mwing-jeear<\/strong> = halter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*mung<\/strong> = mane (?)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mwng, mig<\/strong> = mane<br>\n<strong>mygdwn, mygawc, mygtwn<\/strong> = having a cut or hacked mane<br>\n<strong>myngvras, myguras<\/strong> = long- or thick-maned<br>\n<strong>mygawc, myghawc, myngoc, myngawc<\/strong> = maned<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mwng<\/strong> [m&#650;&#331;] = mane<br>\n<strong>myngdwn<\/strong> = having a cut or hacked mane<br>\n<strong>myngfras<\/strong> = long- or thick-maned<br>\n<strong>myngog<\/strong> = maned<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mong<\/strong> = mane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Breton (Brethonoc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mogou<\/strong> = mane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>moe<\/strong> = mane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>moue<\/strong> [mwe&#720;] = mane, hair, crest<br>\n<strong>moueek<\/strong> = maned, (having) abundunt hair<br>\n<strong>mouen, moue&ntilde;<\/strong> = mane, hair, crest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: possibly related to Proto-Celtic <em>*monis<\/em> (neck), from Proto-Indo-European <em>*m&oacute;nis<\/em> (neck) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/mong%C4%81#Proto-Celtic\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*(&#632;)r&#257;nos, *r&#257;no-<\/strong> = mane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>r&oacute;inne, r&uacute;ainne<\/strong> = a single hair<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>r&oacute;n<\/strong> [&#712;&#638;&#736;u&#720;n&#736;] = horsehair, long hair as from an animal&rsquo;s tail<br>\n<strong>r&oacute;nad&oacute;ir<\/strong> = maker of dealer in, haircloth, furrier, feather merchant<br>\n<strong>r&oacute;n&eacute;adach<\/strong> = haircloth<br>\n<strong>r&oacute;nl&eacute;ine<\/strong> = hair-shirt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G&agrave;idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>r&ograve;in<\/strong> [r&#810;&#736;&#596;&#720;n&#810;&#690;] = single hair, haircloth, sackcloth<br>\n<strong>r&ograve;ineach<\/strong> [r&#810;&#736;&#596;&#720;n&#810;&#690;&#601;x] = hairy, full of hair<br>\n<strong>r&ograve;ineachadh<\/strong> [r&#810;&#736;&#596;&#720;n&#810;&#690;&#601;x&#601;&#611;] = (act of) stuffing with hair<br>\n<strong>r&ograve;ineag<\/strong> [r&#810;&#736;&#596;&#720;n&#810;&#690;ag] = single hair, strand, fibre, flagellum<br>\n<strong>r&ograve;ineagach<\/strong> [r&#810;&#736;&#596;&#720;n&#810;&#690;ag&#601;x] = hairy<br>\n<strong>r&ograve;inidh<\/strong> [r&#810;&#736;&#596;&#720;n&#810;&#690;&#618;] = hairy, long-haired, thick-haired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>renaig<\/strong> = hair<br>\n<strong>renaigagh<\/strong> = hairy, piliferous<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*rr&#7885;n<\/strong> = horsehair<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>raun, rawn<\/strong> = long coarse animal hair, esp. horsehair, bristles, (garment) made from hair, strung with hair (harp), tail<br>\n<strong>rawnir, rhwanhir, rhownhir<\/strong> = long-haired, long-maned, long-tailed, having long feathers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>rhawn<\/strong> [r&#805;au&#815;n] = long coarse animal hair, esp. horsehair, bristles, (garment) made from hair, strung with hair (harp), tail<br>\n<strong>rhawn(h)ir<\/strong> = long-haired, long-maned, long-tailed, having long feathers<br>\n<strong>rhawnog<\/strong> = like horsehair, make of horsehair, long-haired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>ren, r&ecirc;n<\/strong> = mane, horsehair<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>reun<\/strong> = horsehair, pig bristles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>reun<\/strong> = horsehair, pig bristles, silk<br>\n<strong>reuneg<\/strong> = silky, horsehair<br>\n<strong>reunek<\/strong> = like horsehair<br>\n<strong>reunenn<\/strong> = horsehair, silk<br>\n<strong>reunigell<\/strong> = pile<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: uncertain [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/rhawn#Welsh\">source 1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/EtymologicalDictionaryOfProtoCeltic\/page\/n307\/mode\/2up\">source 2<\/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&uacute;il B&eacute;lrai English &ndash; Old Irish glossary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/dil.ie\/\">eDIL &ndash; 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 &ndash; 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words for mane and related things in Celtic languages. A mane [me\u026an] is longer hair growth on back of the neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion, or long or thick hair of a person&#8217;s head. It comes from Middle English ma(y)ne (mane), from Old English manu (mane), from Proto-West Germanic *manu, from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16,26,19,20,21,3,22,5,6,77,37,27,8,71,10,11,12,67,13,205,23,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-breton","category-middle-cornish","category-middle-english-englisch","category-middle-irish","category-nouns","category-old-breton","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-germanic","category-proto-indo-european","category-proto-west-germanic","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9006","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=9006"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9009,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9006\/revisions\/9009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}