Celtic cognates - Parts of the Body

This page contains words for parts of the body that are cognate in all or most of the six modern Celtic languages.

Click on the English versions that are links and you will be taken to the Celtiadur, where you can see what each word means, and how some of them are pronounced. There are also details of related words and expressions, and words in older versions of the Celtic languages, such as Middle Welsh and Old Irish. More Celtic Cognates


Parts of the body

These words are cognate in all six Celtic languages.

Gaeilge
(Irish)
Gàidhlig
(Gaelic)
Gaelg
(Manx)
Cymraeg
(Welsh)
Kernewek
(Cornish)
Brezhoneg
(Breton)
English
ascaill asgall aghlish
oghlish
asgell askel askell wing
fin
armpit
béal beul beeal gwefus gweus gweuz lip
mouth
bolg bolg bolg bol(a) bolgh bolc'h belly
stomach
bos bas bass bos bas boz palm
fist
ceann ceann kione pen penn penn head
ciall ciall keeall pwyll poll poell mind
sense
craiceann craiceann crackan croen kroghen kroc'hen skin
hide
surface
dorn dòrn doarn dwrn dorn dorn fist
hand
eite ite fedjag adain aden* attanoc* wing
fin
feather
folt falt folt gwallt gols guolt* hair
fuil fuil fuil gweli goli gouli blood
wound
glúin glùin glioon glin glyn glinn knee
gualainn gualainn geaylin
geayliney
ysgywdd skoodh skoaz shoulder
ionga ìne
ionga
yngin ewin ewin ivin (finger/toe)
nail
lámh làmh laue llaw leuv lau* hand
arm
sáil sàil saayl sawdl seudhel seul heel
súil sùil sooill haul howl heol eye
sun
srón sròn stroin ffroen frig froen nose
nostril
teanga teanga çhengey tafod taves teod tongue
language
troigh troigh trie troed troos troad foot
tul tul tool tâl tal tal forehead
brow
head
uillinn uileann uillin elin elin ilin elbow

These words are cognate in some of the Celtic languages.

Gaeilge
(Irish)
Gàidhlig
(Gaelic)
Gaelg
(Manx)
Cymraeg
(Welsh)
Kernewek
(Cornish)
Brezhoneg
(Breton)
English
éadan aodann eddin brow
forehead
asgwrn askorn askorn bone
blew blew blev hair
bristles
braich bregh brec'h arm
hand
biss bys bys biz finger
bòc boch bogh boc'h cheek
bloat
bonn bonn boyn sole
base
foot
cefn keyn kein back
cluas cluas cleaysh clust ear
clun klun klun hip
buttocks
cnámh cnàimh craue cnaw bone
skull
cos cas
cos
cass coes leg
foot
cró crò crau krow blood
gore
droim druim dreeym back
ridge
esna asna asney ais asownn rib
gruaig gruag gruag hair
gwaed goos gwad blood
gwddf
gwddw
gwddwg
gouzoug
goûg
throat
neck
inchinn eanchainn ymennydd ympynnyon empenn mind
brain
intinn inntinn inçhyn brain
leiceann lethcheann lieckan cheek
llygad lagas lagad eye
méar meur mair finger
toe
min min min lip
mouth
pout
muineál muineal mwannal mwnwgl
mwnwg
mynwgl
neck
oinech wyneb eneb* enep* face
ruighe roih forearm
arm
scornach sgòrnan scoarnagh throat
mouth
tóin tòn thoyn
toinn
tin tin* bottom
buttocks
breech
trwyn tron nose
ysgyfarn* skovarn skouarn ear
handle

Words marked* are archaic or obselete.

Notes

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A collection of Celtic cognates, with definitions, pronunciation, etymologies - includes the modern Celtic languages, older versions of these languages, such as Middle Welsh, Old Irish, and their extinct and reconstructed relatives and ancestors, including Gaulish, Celtiberian, Proto-Brythonic and Proto-Celtic.

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