{"id":2411,"date":"2022-12-11T17:57:50","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T17:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2411"},"modified":"2022-12-12T12:34:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T12:34:21","slug":"celticp-pathways-coracle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2411","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Coracle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Coracle\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-12-11T17:57:50+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we\u2019re getting out onto the river to look into the word coracle.\n\n\n\nA coracle is a small, rounded, lightweight boat traditionally used in Wales, in parts of the West Country of England. in Ireland and in Scotland. It is made of a frame...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/coracle.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9440\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2411-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/coracle.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/coracle.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/coracle.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\/coracle.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2411-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/coracle.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"coracle.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we\u2019re getting out onto the river to look into the word <strong>coracle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spera-designerschuhe\/24877521276\/in\/photolist-DUkNmC-Dok2Yn-7G14KN-qjaRWQ-rMGDp-C5fZbD-qgMv3S-6KbsoX-KFr1i7-buk6i2-K9Hk6V-doyY2W-7PdBxu-v7W3gb-L4Rk2q-qgU5He-buk6oM-opGeA8-fKQz7o-v8xcoi-bvs4jP-E8oGPC-f7Jvpc-6KbqaM-xCfmte-bvrXip-NB6ptR-98teL8-buk6mD-bvs2UV-EnNvFd-bvs1qi-vMsuxX-K9CrpX-gno2rR-rbcA5C-9rErkj-6g7zH2-6g7zz2-qDPnEx-bvrVAF-qZpzXD-r3auMf-8CuARz-rg5Uzy-qjaSFq-qk4ECT-rdDQiQ-qDEszm-qW6dKV\" title=\"John Baker's Doppelmonk Brogue K188 Kalbsleder hellbraun (brown) (1)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/1539\/24877521276_2016a91a34_z.jpg\" alt=\"John Baker's Doppelmonk Brogue K188 Kalbsleder hellbraun (brown) (1)\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A <strong>coracle<\/strong> is a small, rounded, lightweight boat traditionally used in Wales, in parts of the West Country of England. in Ireland and in Scotland. It is made of a framework of split and interwoven willow rods, tied with willow bark and traditionally covered with an animal skin such as horse or bullock hide, with a thin layer of tar to waterproof it. These days calico, canvas or fibreglass are used instead of animal hide [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coracle\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>They are also known as <strong>currachs\/curraghs<\/strong> in Ireland and Scotland, and these words were all borrowed from Celtic languages: <strong>coracle<\/strong> from Welsh, <em>currach\/curragh<\/em> from Irish or Scottish Gaelic.<\/p>\n<p>Related words in Celtic language include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>curach<\/strong> [k\u0259\u02c8\u027e\u02e0ax] = currach, coracle in Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>curach<\/strong> [kur\u0259x] = coracle, curragh, frame (of a coracle or an animal) in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>curragh<\/strong> [\u02c8k\u0254r\u028a\u0261(i)] = coracle, canoe in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>corwg(l)<\/strong> = coracle, skiff; vessel, drinking vessel in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>koroug<\/strong> = coracle in Cornish<\/li>\n<li><strong>korac\u2019h<\/strong> = coracle in Breton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These words comes from the Proto-Celtic <em>*korukos<\/em> (leather boat), probably from the PIE *(s)koro- (leather), from *(s)ker- (to cut off) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/corwg#Welsh\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same PIE roots include <strong>cuir<\/strong> (leather) in French, <strong>cuero<\/strong> (leather, animal skin, hide) in Spanish and <strong>couro<\/strong> (leather, hide) in Portuguese [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/corium#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>More details of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2022\/12\/03\/boots-and-shoes\/\">shoe<\/a>&#8211; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2021\/11\/24\/trousers-socks-and-sites\/\">trouser<\/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 is made of a frame...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/coracle.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9441\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2411-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/coracle.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/coracle.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/coracle.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\/coracle.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2411-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/coracle.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"coracle.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we\u2019re getting out onto the river to look into the word coracle. A coracle is a small, rounded, lightweight boat traditionally used in Wales, in parts of the West Country of England. in Ireland and in Scotland. It is made of a framework of split and interwoven willow rods, tied with willow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,122,37,20,56,23,6,4,11,1,27,94,59,5,28,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-celtic-pathways","category-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-irish","category-language","category-music","category-podcast","category-portuguese","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\/2411","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=2411"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2418,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411\/revisions\/2418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}