{"id":9171,"date":"2026-04-08T20:11:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=9171"},"modified":"2026-04-08T20:11:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:11:29","slug":"thrusting-throws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2026\/04\/08\/thrusting-throws\/","title":{"rendered":"Thrusting Throws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>thrust<\/strong>, <strong>throw<\/strong> and related things.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/das_miller\/8658870765\/in\/photolist-ec9YBg-9isW24-pb1fbY-vozMVf-CmvPf-2njh3f8-5nnD9v-jZbRpQ-21ASeYK-spuSpm-6PEBiD-dy195h-cyL8Dd-8fHDFy-7UGK7v-zJPzkx-9QVY6M-KWJtYV-5YXtCe-8HYzhJ-bLFtUa-9bEfn4-5a5ZjW-76UaTN-FLWvXG-2oWt4Ym-6BKAif-dKhK2h-6c6gaa-SLnMWt-7AcnPw-4bjRkf-2qqyoLx-6JgyvU-2hb43Zs-qUPto9-8DtJ7d-6KSce5-Sojxsu-5Z2FKh-5ZdvWW-HGeg2m-fEmy3r-7wUNk2-ftjjzu-TsWje-QH4BXi-28LoYQr-4JTcUh-7xbPG1\" title=\"Throw!\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8105\/8658870765_d34eccf4a7_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Throw!\"\/><\/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>*\u0278arekoros<\/strong> = shot, thrust, throw<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>airchor<\/strong> = cast, extension, shot, spear cast, stone&#8217;s throw (<em>distance<\/em>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish<\/th>\n<td><strong>airchor, airchair, aurchor<\/strong> = to put forward, extend, cast, shot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>urchar<\/strong> [\u02c8u\u027e\u02e0\u0259x\u0259\u027e\u02e0] = cast, shot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>urchair<\/strong> [urux\u026ar\u02b2] = shot, cast, throw, report (of gun)<br \/>\n<strong>urchaireachd<\/strong> [urux\u026ar\u02b2\u0259xg] = shooting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>orraghey<\/strong> = flight, shot, charge, sling, discharge, bolt, throw, cast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*\u0117rg\u00f6r<\/strong> = assault, blow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>ergyr<\/strong> = thrust, push, onset, assault, attack, vanguard, host<br \/>\n<strong>ergyrchgat<\/strong> = attacking host, battle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>ergyr<\/strong> = thrust, push, onset, assault, attack, vanguard, host<br \/>\n<strong>ergyrch<\/strong> = onset, attack, fit<br \/>\n<strong>ergyrchgad<\/strong> = attacking host, battle<br \/>\n<strong>ergyr(io)<\/strong> = to rush, attack, thrust, push, drive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>ercor<\/strong> = thrust, push<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Breton (Brethonoc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>ercor<\/strong> = (?)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from Proto-Celtic <em>*\u0278are-<\/em> (for(e)-) and <em>*koros<\/em> (putting, casting), from PIE <em>*(s)ker-<\/em> (to turn) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/%C9%B8arekoros\">source<\/a>]. Words from the same roots include <strong>cor<\/strong> (twist, turn, cast) in Irish, <strong>cur<\/strong> (placing, laying, throwing) in Scottish Gaelic, <strong>share<\/strong>, <strong>shear<\/strong>, <strong>shot<\/strong> in English, <strong>d\u00e9chirer<\/strong> (to tear, rip up) in French, and <strong>ysgaru<\/strong> (to separate, split, divorce) in Welsh [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/koros\">source<\/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 thrust, throw and related things. Words marked with a * are reconstructions. Proto-Celtic *\u0278arekoros = shot, thrust, throw Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) airchor = cast, extension, shot, spear cast, stone&#8217;s throw (distance) Middle Irish airchor, airchair, aurchor = to put forward, extend, cast, shot Irish (Gaeilge) urchar [\u02c8u\u027e\u02e0\u0259x\u0259\u027e\u02e0] = cast, shot Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,20,44,21,3,22,37,7,27,8,9,10,11,12,13,23,43,18,14],"tags":[52,378,80,51,145,48,47,53,49,377,55,379,376,375,50],"class_list":["post-9171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","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-verbs","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words","tag-breton","tag-cast","tag-celtic","tag-cornish","tag-etymology","tag-gaelic","tag-irish","tag-language","tag-manx","tag-push","tag-scottish-gaelic","tag-shot","tag-throw","tag-thrust","tag-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9171","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=9171"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9173,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9171\/revisions\/9173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}