{"id":2193,"date":"2022-09-09T20:02:35","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T20:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2193"},"modified":"2022-09-09T20:02:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T20:02:37","slug":"celtic-pathways-wagons-and-carts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2193","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Wagons and Carts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Wagons and Carts\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-09-09T20:02:35+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we\u2019re looking at words for wagons, carts and related vehicles.\n\n\n\nOne Proto-Celtic word for wagon was *karros, which comes from the Proto-Indo-European *\u1e31r\u0325s\u00f3s (vehicle), from *\u1e31ers- (to run)  [source].\n\nDescendants in the Celtic lang...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/wagons.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7941\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2193-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/wagons.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/wagons.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/wagons.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/wagons.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2193-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/wagons.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"wagons.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we\u2019re looking at words for <strong>wagons<\/strong>, <strong>carts<\/strong> and related vehicles.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/johnmcmahonireland\/51928374276\/in\/photolist-2n7JuvS-4N5f5X-4N5ht4-4N9rzs-4CHvyQ-2gJ4iX3-4N9r2A-4N5i1i-4CHqky-oXsZzY-4N9sLd-24VGG9-4N9v71-24VD5G-4GGyfS-5Q4uKN-3G9bK-2nzkLsd-2kkqoAr-BE2rn9-26fzwgT-Az9p9H-TectHf-9SxrhL-2kSnzLm-2mMvBtd-7nMnMj-4N9uV5-4N5fwa-4N9rpS-4CDieg-24UYmQ-4N5fZR-fMrkN3-4CHsMA-4N9ujq-9dNWRo-bXtR4d-7nHu3M-PQdS8y-RUAWgC-4CDfnc-4KGLDd-4CHvG1-24VEfy-4CDi1T-24VCoN-8E94c-oZPqFg-8wdfRP\" title=\"Chariot\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51928374276_6d9d808e3f_z.jpg\" alt=\"Chariot\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>One Proto-Celtic word for wagon was <strong>*karros<\/strong>, which comes from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*\u1e31r\u0325s\u00f3s<\/em> (vehicle), from <em>*\u1e31ers-<\/em> (to run)  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/kaballos\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Descendants in the Celtic languages include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>*karros<\/strong> = wagon in Gaulish<\/li>\n<li><strong>carr<\/strong> [k\u0251\u02d0\u027e\u02e0 \/ k\u00e6\u02d0\u027e\u02e0] = car in Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>c\u00e0r<\/strong> [kar] = car, cart, raft in Scottish Gaulish<\/li>\n<li><strong>carr<\/strong> = car, cab, van in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>car<\/strong> [kar] = vehicle, car, sled, dray; rack, stand in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>karr<\/strong> [kar\u02d0 \/ k\u00e6r] = car in Cornish<\/li>\n<li><strong>karr<\/strong> = car, coach, carriage, trailer, vehicle in Breton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Gaulish word <em>*karros<\/em> was borrowed into Latin as <em>carrus<\/em>  (wagon, cart, cartload), which became <strong>carro<\/strong> (wagon, cart, van, lorry, truck) in Italian; <strong>carro<\/strong> (cart, car, bus) in Spanish; <strong>car<\/strong> (bus, coach) in French, <strong>car<\/strong>, <strong>carriage<\/strong> and <strong>chariot<\/strong> in English, and related words in most other Indo-European languages [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/carrus#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same PIE roots include <strong>currus<\/strong> (chariot, car, wagon) in Latin, <strong>horse<\/strong> in English, <strong>hors<\/strong> (mare, female foal, frivolous woman) in Norwegian (Nynorsk), and <strong>hross<\/strong> (horse) in Icelandic [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/%E1%B8%B1r%CC%A5s%C3%B3s\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The Proto-Celtic word <strong>*karbantos<\/strong> means (war) chariot or wagon and is possibly related to the Proto-Celtic word <em>*korbos<\/em> (wagon, basket).  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/cerbyd\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Descendants in the Celtic languages include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>carbad<\/strong> [\u02c8ka\u027e\u02e0\u0259b\u02e0\u0259d\u032a\u02e0] = chariot in Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>carbad<\/strong> [karabad] = chariot, coach, carriage, wagon, vehicle, bier, jaw(bone) in Scottish Gaulish<\/li>\n<li><strong>carbyd<\/strong> = bus, coach, vehicle, bier, hearse in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>cerbyd<\/strong> [\u02c8k\u025brb\u0268\u031ed \/ \u02c8k\u025brb\u026ad] = car, carriage, chariot, wagon, coach; clumsy fellow, bungler in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>cerpit<\/strong> = chariot, wagon in Old Cornish<\/li>\n<li><strong>karbed<\/strong> = vehicle in Breton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The French word <strong>charpente<\/strong> (framework, structure) comes from the same Proto-Celtic root, via the Gaulish <strong>carbantos<\/strong> and the Latin <strong>carpentum<\/strong> (carriage, chariot, wagon, cart) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/carpentum#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2019\/11\/30\/wagons-carts\/\">More details about these words on Celtiadur<\/a>, a blog where I explore connections between Celtic languages in more depth. 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One Proto-Celtic word for wagon was *karros, which comes from the Proto-Indo-European *\u1e31r\u0325s\u00f3s (vehicle), from *\u1e31ers- (to run) [source]. Descendants in the Celtic languages include: *karros = wagon in Gaulish carr [k\u0251\u02d0\u027e\u02e0 \/ k\u00e6\u02d0\u027e\u02e0] = car in Irish c\u00e0r [kar] = car, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,122,37,20,56,23,117,29,6,12,4,50,36,84,1,94,59,5,28,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-celtic-pathways","category-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-gaulish","category-icelandic","category-irish","category-italian","category-language","category-latin","category-manx","category-norwegian-norsk","category-podcast","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-scottish-gaelic","category-spanish","category-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2193"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2195,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2193\/revisions\/2195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}