{"id":2225,"date":"2022-10-01T17:11:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T17:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2225"},"modified":"2022-10-01T17:11:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T17:11:59","slug":"celtic-pathways-wool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2225","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Wool"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Wool\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-10-01T17:11:57+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we are teasing out the origins of the word wool.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic word for wool is *wlan\u0101. It comes from the Proto-Indo-European *h\u2082w\u013a\u0325h\u2081neh\u2082 (wool), from *h\u2082welh\u2081- (hair, wool) [source].\n\nDescendants in the Celtic languages includ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/wool.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6678\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2225-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/wool.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/wool.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/wool.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\/wool.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2225-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/wool.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"wool.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we are teasing out the origins of the word <strong>wool<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/56218409@N03\/14052424953\/in\/photolist-npLmmR-5SASM6-4Fr8AA-5GmZEL-vbEebG-89ZhUi-59TSrt-7gh5sC-4ow4xP-KNCQa7-afqdS7-6RZsYS-pCGe8h-afqdnq-4qK6Kj-3UGV1G-3UCCmx-2roiyv-8wEas7-4YJjD-9XSGzX-dK3zL1-5AxfzX-jp7PD9-74Jd4b-5KcJff-R8DUtd-ab7Pry-KNCyKj-81fHA5-59Y7CA-7P1mqv-a2WWsm-6U7oFs-53j25m-8wB9JH-NxUgcL-cX6BRU-9XVAgQ-6o8pe7-5XeNdi-4t5ace-b9LNV6-6AQii-74Hk7p-4yaq4D-b2FHoT-bLQFgM-8UdSfN-41dp6T\" title=\"Wool\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2936\/14052424953_b8f338c768_z.jpg\" alt=\"Wool\" width=\"640\" height=\"333\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Proto-Celtic word for wool is <strong>*wlan\u0101<\/strong>. It comes from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*h\u2082w\u013a\u0325h\u2081neh\u2082<\/em> (wool), from <em>*h\u2082welh\u2081-<\/em> (hair, wool) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/wlan%C4%81\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Descendants in the Celtic languages include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>olann<\/strong> [\u02c8\u0254l\u02e0\u0259n\u032a\u02e0] = wool, woolly hair, mop of hair; woollen in Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>olann<\/strong> [\u02c8\u0254l\u032a\u02e0\u0259n\u032a\u02e0] = wool (<em>usually while on sheep<\/em>) in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>ollan<\/strong> = wool in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>gwl\u00e2n<\/strong> = wool, down, soft hair, grass, herbage; woollen, soft, made of wool in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>gwlan<\/strong> = wool in Cornish<\/li>\n<li><strong>gloan<\/strong> = wool in Breton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The English word <strong>flannel<\/strong> (a soft cloth material originally woven from wool, washcloth) comes from the same Proto-Celtic root, via Gaulish, Old French, Anglo-Norman and Middle English. This was reborrowed into French, and from French into other languages such as Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Swedish [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/flannel#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words for wool in other European languages come from the same PIE root, including <strong>wool<\/strong> in English, <strong>wol<\/strong> [\u028b\u0254l] in Dutch, <strong>Wolle<\/strong> [\u02c8v\u0254l\u0259] in German, and <strong>lana<\/strong> in Italian and Spanish [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/h%E2%82%82w%C4%BA%CC%A5h%E2%82%81neh%E2%82%82\">source<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2021\/08\/11\/wool\/\">More details about these words on Celtiadur<\/a>, a blog where I explore connections between Celtic languages in more depth. 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It comes from the Proto-Indo-European *h\u2082w\u013a\u0325h\u2081neh\u2082 (wool), from *h\u2082welh\u2081- (hair, wool) [source].\n\nDescendants in the Celtic languages includ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/wool.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6679\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2225-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/wool.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/wool.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/wool.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\/wool.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2225-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/wool.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"wool.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we are teasing out the origins of the word wool. The Proto-Celtic word for wool is *wlan\u0101. It comes from the Proto-Indo-European *h\u2082w\u013a\u0325h\u2081neh\u2082 (wool), from *h\u2082welh\u2081- (hair, wool) [source]. Descendants in the Celtic languages include: olann [\u02c8\u0254l\u02e0\u0259n\u032a\u02e0] = wool, woolly hair, mop of hair; woollen in Irish olann [\u02c8\u0254l\u032a\u02e0\u0259n\u032a\u02e0] = wool (usually [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124,38,122,37,47,20,56,23,117,24,6,12,4,36,58,109,1,27,94,59,5,28,30,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglo-norman-norman","category-breton","category-celtic-pathways","category-cornish","category-dutch","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-gaulish","category-german","category-irish","category-italian","category-language","category-manx","category-middle-english","category-old-french-franceis","category-podcast","category-portuguese","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-scottish-gaelic","category-spanish","category-swedish","category-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2225","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=2225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2226,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2225\/revisions\/2226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}