{"id":2425,"date":"2022-12-17T16:20:39","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T16:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2425"},"modified":"2023-07-07T16:15:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T16:15:10","slug":"celtic-pathways-javelin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2425","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Javelin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Javelin\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-12-17T16:20:39+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M38S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we\u2019re getting to grips with the word javelin.\n\n\n\nA javelin is a light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon, or a metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in an athletic field event. It comes from the Old French javelline (jav...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/javelin.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.8\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_951\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2425-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/javelin.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/javelin.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/javelin.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\/javelin.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2425-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/javelin.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"javelin.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we\u2019re getting to grips with the word <strong>javelin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sportbayofplenty\/8529378933\/in\/photolist-6fqqTQ-dZHict-8azxBV-7dBTcG-dZHhH2-MmgCvD-9rTU5w-a8RrYE-6wqZPT-roh17M-gWthgW-brLjim-6tURiT-gWta4Q-7mfvVN-VXh6n-8azxMv-VXgoZ-7mbC6n-66fUf1-6KBQAY-b8kzP-2nUK51j\" title=\"Javlin\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8245\/8529378933_f562a4553e_z.jpg\" alt=\"Javlin\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A <strong>javelin<\/strong> is a light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon, or a metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in an athletic field event. It comes from the Old French <em>javelline<\/em> (javelin), a diminutive of <em>javelot<\/em> (javelin), from the Vulgar Latin <em>*gabalottus<\/em> (spear), from the Gaulish <em>*gabalos<\/em> (fork), from the Proto-Celtic <em>gabl\u0101-<\/em> (fork, forked branch), from Proto-Indo-European <em>*g\u02b0ab\u02b0los<\/em> (fork, branch of tree) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/javelin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Related words in modern Celtic language include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>gabhal<\/strong> [\u0261o\u02d0\u0259l\u032a\u02e0] = bifurcation, fork, crotch, junction in Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>gobhal<\/strong> [\u0261o\u02d0\u0259l\u032a\u02e0] = bifurcation, fork, crotch, junction in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>goal<\/strong> = fork, branch, crotch, crutch, junction, perineum in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>gafl<\/strong> [gafl] = fork, stride, lap, inner part of the thigh, groin, angle, nook in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>gowl<\/strong> = crotch, fork in Cornish<\/li>\n<li><strong>goal<\/strong> = fork in Breton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The English word <strong>gable<\/strong> comes from the same Gaulish root, via the Old French <em>gable<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/gabl%C4%81\">source<\/a>]. The English word <strong>gaffle<\/strong> (a lever used to bend a crossbow) possibly comes from the same Gaulish root, via Middle English <em>gaffolle<\/em>, the Middle Dutch <em>gaf(f)el<\/em> (fork) and the Proto-West Germanic <em>*gabulu<\/em> (fork) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/gaffle#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words in other languages from the same Gaulish root include <strong>Gaffel<\/strong> (gaff) in German, <strong>gaffel<\/strong> (fork) in Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, and <strong>kahveli<\/strong> (gaff, fork) in Finnish [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic\/gabulu\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>More details of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2022\/01\/04\/forks\/\">fork<\/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 comes from the Old French javelline (jav...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/javelin.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.8\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_952\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2425-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/javelin.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/javelin.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/javelin.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\/javelin.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2425-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/javelin.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"javelin.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we\u2019re getting to grips with the word javelin. A javelin is a light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon, or a metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in an athletic field event. It comes from the Old French javelline (javelin), a diminutive of javelot (javelin), from the Vulgar Latin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,122,37,31,20,56,125,117,24,6,4,36,58,11,84,1,94,59,119,5,30,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-celtic-pathways","category-cornish","category-danish","category-english","category-etymology","category-finnish-suomi","category-gaulish","category-german","category-irish","category-language","category-manx","category-middle-english","category-music","category-norwegian-norsk","category-podcast","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-proto-west-germanic","category-scottish-gaelic","category-swedish","category-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425","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=2425"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2854,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425\/revisions\/2854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}