{"id":2358,"date":"2022-11-19T16:10:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T16:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2358"},"modified":"2022-11-19T16:12:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T16:12:54","slug":"celtic-pathways-mutton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2358","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Mutton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Mutton\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-11-19T16:10:55+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we\u2019re rounding up some words for mutton, sheep and related things.\n\n\n\nIn Proto-Celtic, the word *moltos meant a ram or wether (castrated ram). It possibly comes from the Proto-Indo-European word *(h\u2082)moldus (crooked)  [source].\n\nDesce...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/mutton.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5650\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2358-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/mutton.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/mutton.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/mutton.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\/mutton.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2358-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/mutton.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"mutton.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we\u2019re rounding up some words for <strong>mutton<\/strong>, <strong>sheep<\/strong> and related things.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/35856039441\/in\/photolist-KRBJRa-QcaWVy-UjN6Yd-Wz6muu-WCtzjz-WVeXJL-21LzhGP-21QZEVp-21XPkYJ-222DGWw-2gEzjt6-2gEzZ8r-2gGRYH3-a8E8CF-a8E8Nc-a8E8Yx-a8H1Jq\" title=\"Sheep in Gleann Cholm Cille\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4309\/35856039441_852428cc7f_z.jpg\" alt=\"Sheep in Gleann Cholm Cille\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In Proto-Celtic, the word <strong>*moltos<\/strong> meant a ram or wether (castrated ram). It possibly comes from the Proto-Indo-European word <em>*(h\u2082)moldus<\/em> (crooked)  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/moltos\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Descendents in the modern Celtic languages include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>molt<\/strong> = wether, sulky, morose person in Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>molt<\/strong> [mul\u032a\u02e0t\u032a\u02e0] = wether in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>mohlt<\/strong> = castrated sheep, wether, mutton in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>mollt<\/strong> [mo\u02d0\u026cd \/ m\u0254\u026ct]] = castrated ram, wether, mutton in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>mols<\/strong> = wether, sheep in Cornish<\/li>\n<li><strong>maout<\/strong> [\u02c8m\u0254wt] = ram, mutton; champion, trophy in Breton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Proto-Celtic word <em>*moltos<\/em> became <em>*multon<\/em> (sheep) in Gaulish, which was borrowed into Vulgar Latin as <em>molt\u014d<\/em> (wether), which became <strong>mouton<\/strong> (sheep, mutton) in French, and was borrowed into English as <strong>mutton<\/strong> (sheep\/goat meat). The Galician word <strong>mot\u00f3a<\/strong> (sheep) comes from the same Proto-Celtic root, as does the Italian word <strong>montone<\/strong> (ram, mutton) and the Maltese word <strong>muntun<\/strong> (ram) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/mouton#French\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>More details of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2020\/01\/21\/sheep\/\">sheep<\/a>-related words in Celtic languages can be found on the Celtiadur, a blog where I explore connections between Celtic languages in more depth. 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It possibly comes from the Proto-Indo-European word *(h\u2082)moldus (crooked)  [source].\n\nDesce...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/mutton.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5651\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2358-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/mutton.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/mutton.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/mutton.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\/mutton.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2358-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/mutton.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"mutton.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we\u2019re rounding up some words for mutton, sheep and related things. In Proto-Celtic, the word *moltos meant a ram or wether (castrated ram). It possibly comes from the Proto-Indo-European word *(h\u2082)moldus (crooked) [source]. Descendents in the modern Celtic languages include: molt = wether, sulky, morose person in Irish molt [mul\u032a\u02e0t\u032a\u02e0] = wether [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358","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=2358"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2361,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358\/revisions\/2361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}