{"id":2272,"date":"2022-10-22T12:52:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T12:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2272"},"modified":"2022-10-22T12:52:19","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T12:52:19","slug":"celtic-pathways-sacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2272","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Sacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Sacks\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-10-22T12:52:17+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we are looking into the origins of words for sacks, bags and bellys in Celtic languages.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic word *bolgos means sack, bag or stomach. It comes from the Proto-Indo-European *b\u02b0\u00f3l\u01f5\u02b0-o-s (skin bag, bolster), from *b\u02b0el\u01f5\u02b0-...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/sack.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4388\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2272-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/sack.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/sack.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/sack.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\/sack.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2272-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/sack.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"sack.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we are looking into the origins of words for <strong>sacks<\/strong>, <strong>bags<\/strong> and <strong>bellys<\/strong> in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/45131642@N00\/9435803222\/in\/photolist-fnNXys-RztJzP-64ZaE-GGNwNE-jQ56R2-6FfJei-7cuNE3-6RXkrk-Yc86Un-4qQxML-4oCsGM-6Uqh2-sL8pZ-5L912K-emeUU-btk4b2-8r1WvS-5obRR2-2jGrjXJ-6RsDif-cymeY-7KmJ7n-2iE5c7W-2FbcW7-2gdt6zJ-dvw3YC-2mEzA2m-2nE66SR-cbksV-gPDNi9-4n8Lm8-6mk1An-39CK34-jQAbE-6mv8JF-5gRfLc-269qb9Z-5tJrfq-urTt1R-2gytCJC-78pZqv-br56Zg-SezsU8-2mrWmjH-aLgQqK-5N6MF3-2F6Qhx-8bAgiP-5HyGRn-4jwttr\" title=\"Sacks\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2845\/9435803222_32bb91f36a_z.jpg\" alt=\"Sacks\" width=\"640\" height=\"365\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Proto-Celtic word <strong>*bolgos<\/strong> means sack, bag or stomach. It comes from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*b\u02b0\u00f3l\u01f5\u02b0-o-s<\/em> (skin bag, bolster), from <em>*b\u02b0el\u01f5\u02b0-<\/em> (to swell)  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/bolgos\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Descendants in the Celtic languages include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>bolg<\/strong> [\u02c8b\u02e0\u0254l\u02e0\u0259\u0261] = belly, stomach, abdomen; bag; bulge, broad part, middle; bellows in Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>bolg<\/strong> [b\u0254l\u032a\u02e0\u0254g] = blister, bulge, (light) bulb in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>bolg<\/strong> [bolg] = stomach, abdomen, belly, tummy, corporation, bilge, bowl (of lamp) in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>bol<\/strong> [b\u0254l] = belly, paunch, abdomen, stomach, bowels; tripe; appetite, desire, gluttony, liking; womb; swelling, bulge, surface, side in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>bolgh<\/strong> [b\u0254lx] = breach, gap, opening in Cornish<\/li>\n<li><strong>bolc\u2019h<\/strong> = flax pod in Breton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The related Gaulish word <strong>*bolg\u0101<\/strong> (sack, bag, stomach) was borrowed into Medieval\/Late Latin as <strong>bulga<\/strong> (knapsack, wallet, satchel, purse, womb), and became <strong>bouge<\/strong> (sack, purse, small bag) and <strong>bougette<\/strong> (budget &#8211; purse for carrying coins) in Old French; <strong>bouge<\/strong> (hovel, dive, shanty, bulge, protuberance) in modern French; <strong>bulge<\/strong>, <strong>bilge<\/strong> and <strong>budget<\/strong> in English, and possibly <strong>bolgia<\/strong> (pit, bedlam, madhouse, shambles) in Italian [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/bouge#Old_French\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Other words for the PIE root <em>*b\u02b0el\u01f5\u02b0-<\/em> (to swell), include <strong>belly<\/strong>, <strong>bellows<\/strong>, <strong>Belgium<\/strong>, <strong>billow<\/strong>, <strong>bolster<\/strong>, <strong>fool<\/strong> and <strong>folly<\/strong> in English [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/bouge#Old_French\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2018\/11\/15\/sacks-bags-stomachs\/\">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 *b\u02b0\u00f3l\u01f5\u02b0-o-s (skin bag, bolster), from *b\u02b0el\u01f5\u02b0-...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/sack.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4389\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2272-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/sack.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/sack.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/sack.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\/sack.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2272-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/sack.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"sack.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we are looking into the origins of words for sacks, bags and bellys in Celtic languages. The Proto-Celtic word *bolgos means sack, bag or stomach. It comes from the Proto-Indo-European *b\u02b0\u00f3l\u01f5\u02b0-o-s (skin bag, bolster), from *b\u02b0el\u01f5\u02b0- (to swell) [source]. Descendants in the Celtic languages include: bolg [\u02c8b\u02e0\u0254l\u02e0\u0259\u0261] = belly, stomach, abdomen; bag; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,122,37,20,56,23,6,12,4,36,109,1,94,59,5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-celtic-pathways","category-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-irish","category-italian","category-language","category-manx","category-old-french-franceis","category-podcast","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-scottish-gaelic","category-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2273,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272\/revisions\/2273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}