{"id":2212,"date":"2022-09-24T15:29:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T15:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2212"},"modified":"2022-09-24T17:05:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T17:05:32","slug":"adventures-in-etymology-rabbit-%f0%9f%90%87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2212","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Etymology &#8211; Rabbit \ud83d\udc07"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Rabbit \ud83d\udc07\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-09-24T15:29:25+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Today we are burrowing into the origins of the word rabbit.\n\n\n\nA rabbit [\u02c8\u0279\u00e6b\u026at] is:\n\n \ta mammal of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.\n\nIt comes from the Middle English rabet(te) (young rabbit), from the Mi...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/rabbit.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4897\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2212-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/rabbit.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/rabbit.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/rabbit.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\/etymology\/rabbit.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2212-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/rabbit.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"rabbit.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Today we are burrowing into the origins of the word <strong>rabbit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/macfriendly\/25423335583\/in\/photolist-EJzeW8-25RTpDA-oFT7KQ-7TpDXD-TvjFPJ-chPAuS-UzMaW4-7Go2Mx-TvjFNm-xwQWpu-o7PeAR-2cqGM7Q-7GrXwA-Vh3Zip-MQHgM6-USAHDC-Vh3Ysr-2daw4V5-dwFGy-25zU2sX-Bk4X14-2msx8U-2JBtYY-Vdhw7s-6feywf-7VHBHm-Bk4VXn-5mwTs9-8hdsgz-3PaYAi-VsM59r-wkFsS-wsMnYw-o7PajU-4GZ3j1-onmKnF-SdDyX1-eQMoGB-Hit9PX-MZojbG-8yydqh-24boSZJ-hUkjs-hUkkH-9Jv8Td-262utUB-rUYVPt-4Q9FTn-oaMuo4-2exKj3\" title=\"Easter Bunny\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/1707\/25423335583_9be224e4b1_z.jpg\" alt=\"Easter Bunny\" width=\"640\" height=\"468\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A <strong>rabbit<\/strong> [\u02c8\u0279\u00e6b\u026at] is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a mammal of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It comes from the Middle English <em>rabet(te)<\/em> (young rabbit), from the Middle French <em>*robotte\/rabotte<\/em> or the Anglo-Latin <em>rabettus<\/em>, from the Old French <em>rabotte<\/em>, probably from the Middle Dutch \/ West Flemish <em>robbe<\/em> (rabbit, seal). Beyond that its origins are uncertain [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/rabbit#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Until the 19th century a <strong>rabbit<\/strong> was a young rabbit, while an adult rabbit was <strong>con(e)y<\/strong> (rabbit, hyrax), which comes from the Anglo-Norman <em>conis<\/em> (rabbits), from the Vulgar Latin <em>*cuniclus<\/em> (rabbit), from the Latin <em>cuniculus<\/em> (rabbit), from the Ancient Greek <em>\u03ba\u03cd\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2<\/em> (k\u00faniklos &#8211; rabbit), which probably comes from Iberian or Celtiberian [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/cony#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same root include <strong>cuniculus<\/strong> (a burrow or low underground passage) in Englsh, <strong>coniglio<\/strong> (rabbit), <strong>cunicolo<\/strong> (tunnel, burrow, wormhole) in Italian, <strong>conejo<\/strong> (rabbit) in Spanish, and <strong>cwningen<\/strong> (rabbit, hyrax) in Welsh [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/cuniclus#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>In Old English the word for rabbit, and hare, was <em>hara<\/em> [\u02c8h\u0251.r\u0251], which is the root of the word <strong>hare<\/strong>, and comes from the Proto-Germanic <em>*has\u00f4<\/em> [\u02c8x\u0251.s\u0254\u02d0\u02d0] (hare), from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*\u1e31eh\u2082s-<\/em> (grey) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/hara#Old_English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Another word for rabbit is <strong>bunny<\/strong>, which probably comes from the Scots <em>bun(n)<\/em> (the tail of a rabbit or hare), from the Scottish Gaelic <strong>bun<\/strong> (base, bottom, source, butt, stump), from the Old Irish <em>bun<\/em> (base, butt, foot), from the Proto-Celtic <em>*bonus<\/em> (foundation, base, butt) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/bunny#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Wv-IN2O7d44\">video<\/a> I made of this information:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wv-IN2O7d44\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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Rabbit \ud83d\udc07\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-09-24T15:29:25+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Today we are burrowing into the origins of the word rabbit.\n\n\n\nA rabbit [\u02c8\u0279\u00e6b\u026at] is:\n\n \ta mammal of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.\n\nIt comes from the Middle English rabet(te) (young rabbit), from the Mi...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/rabbit.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4898\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2212-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/rabbit.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/rabbit.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/rabbit.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\/etymology\/rabbit.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2212-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/rabbit.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"rabbit.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Today we are burrowing into the origins of the word rabbit. A rabbit [\u02c8\u0279\u00e6b\u026at] is: a mammal of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail. It comes from the Middle English rabet(te) (young rabbit), from the Middle French *robotte\/rabotte or the Anglo-Latin rabettus, from the Old French rabotte, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,20,56,12,4,50,58,55,1,94,57,59,5,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-etymology","category-english","category-etymology","category-italian","category-language","category-latin","category-middle-english","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-podcast","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-germanic","category-proto-indo-european","category-scottish-gaelic","category-spanish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2212","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=2212"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2217,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2212\/revisions\/2217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}