{"id":2461,"date":"2023-01-02T15:00:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2461"},"modified":"2023-01-02T15:00:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T15:00:04","slug":"celtic-pathways-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2461","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; New &#038; Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; New &amp;#038; Year\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-01-02T15:00:03+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we are looking into words for new and year in Celtic languages.\n\n\n\nOne Proto-Celtic word for new is *nouyos, which comes from the Proto-Indo-European *n\u00e9w(y)os (new), from which most words for new in Indo-European languages are descen...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/newyear.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2365\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2461-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/newyear.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/newyear.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/newyear.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\/newyear.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2461-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/newyear.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"newyear.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we are looking into words for <strong>new<\/strong> and <strong>year<\/strong> in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/blog\/newyear-2023.gif\" alt=\"A multilingual Happy New Year!\" width=\"630\" height=\"350\"><\/p>\n<p>One Proto-Celtic word for new is <strong>*nouyos<\/strong>, which comes from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*n\u00e9w(y)os<\/em> (new), from which most words for new in Indo-European languages are descended [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/nouyos\">Source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Related words in modern Celtic language include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>nua<\/strong> [n\u032a\u02e0u\u0259 \/ n\u032a\u02e0u\u02d0] = new, fresh, recent, novel; newness, new thing in Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>nuadh<\/strong> [nu\u0259\u0263] = new, fresh, recent, novel, modern, unfamiliar in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>noa<\/strong> = fresh, modern, new, novel, original, recent, unused in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>newydd<\/strong> [\u02c8n\u025bu\u032f.\u0268\u031e\u00f0] = new, recent, newly-grown, modern, late, novel, changed, fresh in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>nowydh<\/strong> = fresh, new, novel, newly, just in Cornish<\/li>\n<li><strong>nevez<\/strong> [\u02c8ne.ve] = new in Breton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The town of <strong>Noia<\/strong> in A Coru\u00f1a in Galicia in the northwest of Spain probably gets its name from the same Proto-Celtic root, possibly via the Celtiberian <strong>nouiza<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Noia#Galician\">Source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Another Proto-Celtic word for new is <strong>*\u0278\u016bros<\/strong>, which comes from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*puHr\u00f3s<\/em> (wheat), possibly from <em>*pewH-<\/em> (to be clean, pure) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/%C3%BAr#Irish\">Source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Related words in modern Celtic language include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00far<\/strong> [u\u02d0\u027e\u02e0] = fresh; free, liberal, moist in Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00f9r<\/strong> [u\u02d0r] = new, fresh in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>oor<\/strong> = new, sweet, novel, sappy, crisp, span, fresh, hour, raw in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>ir<\/strong> [i\u02d0r] = verdant, green, juicy, sappy, moist, succulent in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>yr<\/strong> [\u026a:r\/i\u02d0r] = fresh in Cornish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Words from the same PIE roots include <strong>pure<\/strong> in English, <strong>\u10de\u10e3\u10e0\u10d8<\/strong> (\u1e57uri &#8211; bread, wheat) in Georgian, and <strong>\u057a\u0578\u0582\u0580\u056b<\/strong> (puri &#8211; a type of Georgian bread) in Armenian [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/puHr%C3%B3s\">Source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>In Proto-Celtic words for year were <strong>*bl\u0113dan\u012b\/*bleido<\/strong>. which possibly come from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*b\u02b0loyd-<\/em> (pale) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/bl%C4%93dan%C4%AB\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Related words in modern Celtic language include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>bliain<\/strong> [b\u02b2l\u02b2i\u0259n\u02b2] = year in Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>bliadhna<\/strong> [bli\u0259n\u032a\u02e0\u0259] = year, vintage in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>blein<\/strong> = [bl\u02b2e\u02d0n\u02b2 \/ bl\u02b2i\u1d48n] = year, twelvemonth in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>blwyddyn<\/strong> [\u02c8bl\u028a\u0268\u032f\u00f0\u0268\u031en] = year, a long time, ages; lifetime, life in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>bledhen<\/strong> = year in Cornish<\/li>\n<li><strong>bloavezh<\/strong> = year in Breton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Words from the same PIE root include <strong>\u0431\u043b\u0435\u0434\u043d\u044b\u0439<\/strong> (pale) in Russian, <strong>\u0431\u043b\u0435\u0434\u0435\u043d<\/strong> (pale, pallied, insignificant) in Bulgarian, and <strong>bled\u00fd<\/strong> (pale) in Czech [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic\/bl%C4%9Bd%D1%8A\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>More details of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2018\/10\/07\/fresh-new\/\">new<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2020\/12\/31\/years\/\">year<\/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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One Proto-Celtic word for new is *nouyos, which comes from the Proto-Indo-European *n\u00e9w(y)os (new), from which most words for new in Indo-European languages are descended [Source]. Related words in modern Celtic language include: nua [n\u032a\u02e0u\u0259 \/ n\u032a\u02e0u\u02d0] = new, fresh, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,38,121,137,122,37,33,20,56,138,6,4,11,1,94,59,5,7],"tags":[139,90,9,15,88,8],"class_list":["post-2461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-armenian","category-breton","category-bulgarian-","category-celtiberian","category-celtic-pathways","category-cornish","category-czech","category-english","category-etymology","category-georgian-","category-irish","category-language","category-music","category-podcast","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-scottish-gaelic","category-welsh","tag-celtic","tag-etymology","tag-language","tag-music","tag-omniglot","tag-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2461","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=2461"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2470,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2461\/revisions\/2470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}