{"id":9047,"date":"2025-11-20T12:05:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T12:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=9047"},"modified":"2025-11-20T12:05:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T12:05:27","slug":"nettles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2025\/11\/20\/nettles\/","title":{"rendered":"Nettles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>nettle<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/svklimkin\/36175959341\/in\/photolist-X7KfmV-2iYYB1R-MqDDQ-2tR2u-2iYUiRE-f4ADLG-4pSeuQ-6vjpDC-2aobSr4-9ETqnz-hKFwG-frnfab-gcBEP-a8iG7P-6BLFHz-9HMzCr-4y2MF4-6mVoT9-8NzJhx-dz97e-9WbSrx-4y2MKD-6F6Vmf-6SaarU-6pdSP4-uu7KaC-uYPtCF-afYgp7-4WGwoj-2ArBP7-2CtbT-dFXUj-2mdPQyx-22EeQ-2mTDQnf-6eKDsV-2qTXNFt-2qa411e-4TApMP-hpXyG-2iQ4QbT-7TJ527-4aACU6-XNKpKZ-Tm6Dm-2Ejdu-2Ez5Xs-bqHEA3-6jS7CA-naBqG\" title=\"Nettle\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4307\/36175959341_447dccf213_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"437\" alt=\"Nettle\"\/><\/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>*ninatis<\/strong> = nettle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>nenaid<\/strong> = nettle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>nenaid, neanaidh<\/strong> = nettle<br \/>\n<strong>nent\u00f3g, nenntog, neantog, neannt\u00f3ga, nennt\u00f3c<\/strong> = nettle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>neanta<\/strong> = nettle(s), stringing, irritating, painful, irritable, testy<br \/>\n<strong>neant\u00f3g<\/strong> [\u02c8n\u0320\u02b2an\u032a\u02e0t\u032a\u02e0o\u02d0\u0261] = nettle<br \/>\n<strong>neant\u00f3g loiscneach<\/strong> = stinging nettle<br \/>\n<strong>neant\u00fail<\/strong> = nettle-like, stinging, irritating, irritable, testy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>neanntag<\/strong> [n\u032a\u02b2\u00e3\u0169n\u032a\u02e0dag] = common\/stinging nettle (<em>urtica dioica<\/em>)<br \/>\n<strong>deanntag<\/strong> [d\u02b2\u00e3\u0169n\u032a\u02e0dag] = common\/stinging nettle<br \/>\n<strong>feanntag<\/strong> [fj\u00e3\u0169n\u032a\u02e0dag] = common\/stinging nettle<br \/>\n<strong>eanntag<\/strong> [\u025b\u0342\u0169n\u032a\u02e0dag] = common\/stinging nettle<br \/>\n<strong>deanntag \/ feanntagach \/ eanntagach<\/strong> [d\u02b2\u00e3\u0169n\u032a\u02e0dag\u0259x \/ fj\u00e3\u0169n\u032a\u02e0dag\u0259x \/ \u025b\u0342\u0169n\u032a\u02e0dag\u0259x] = place where nettles grow, common\/stinging nettle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>undaagagh<\/strong> = (stinging) nettle, urticaceous (nettle-like)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*n\u0268nad<\/strong> = nettles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>danhad, danat, dynat, dynhad danatl<\/strong> = nettles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>danadl<\/strong> [\u02c8da(\u02d0)nadl] = nettles, plants of the genus Urtica, and other plants similar in appearance.<br \/>\n<strong>danhad(l)en, dynhaden<\/strong> = nettle<br \/>\n<strong>danadl duon<\/strong> = stinging-nettles<br \/>\n<strong>danadl-dir<\/strong> = land that brings forth nettles or thorns<br \/>\n<strong>danhad(l)og, dynhadog<\/strong> = abounding or overgrown with nettles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>linhaden<\/strong> = nettle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>linhaden<\/strong> = nettle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>linas<\/strong> = nettles<br \/>\n<strong>linasen<\/strong> = nettle<br \/>\n<strong>linasek<\/strong> = bed of nettles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>linat, linad<\/strong> = nettles<br \/>\n<strong>linhadenn<\/strong> = nettle<br \/>\n<strong>linhadec<\/strong> = nettle-infested place<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>linad<\/strong> [\u02c8l\u0129\u02d0.nat] = nettles<br \/>\n<strong>linadenn<\/strong> = nettle<br \/>\n<strong>linadeg<\/strong> [l\u0129.\u02c8n\u0251\u02d0.d\u025bk] = nettle-infested place<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: uncertain [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/ninatis\">source<\/a>]. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European <em>*neh\u2082d-<\/em> (to twist, knot, tie), which might be the root of <strong>nettle<\/strong> in English, <strong>netel<\/strong> (nettle) in Dutch, <strong>Nessel<\/strong> (nettle, muslin) in German, <strong>n\u00e4ssla<\/strong> (nettle) in Swedish [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic\/nat%C7%AD\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ling-app.com\/offer-yearly-subscription\/?affiliateId=omniglot\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/banner_ling-app.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"79\" alt=\"Language skills in just 10 minutes a day with Ling\" \/><\/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><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5001128073855040\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Blog horizontal --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5001128073855040\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1685480124\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words for nettle and related things in Celtic languages. Words marked with a * are reconstructions. Proto-Celtic *ninatis = nettle Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) nenaid = nettle Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) nenaid, neanaidh = nettle nent\u00f3g, nenntog, neantog, neannt\u00f3ga, nennt\u00f3c = nettle Irish (Gaeilge) neanta = nettle(s), stringing, irritating, painful, irritable, testy neant\u00f3g [\u02c8n\u0320\u02b2an\u032a\u02e0t\u032a\u02e0o\u02d0\u0261] = nettle neant\u00f3g [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16,26,81,19,20,61,21,3,22,5,6,37,27,9,10,11,12,13,23,64,72,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-dutch-nederlands","category-english","category-etymology","category-german","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-breton","category-middle-cornish","category-middle-irish","category-nouns","category-old-cornish","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-swedish-svenska","category-trees","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9047","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=9047"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9050,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9047\/revisions\/9050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}