{"id":2480,"date":"2023-01-10T16:12:47","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T16:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2480"},"modified":"2023-01-10T16:12:48","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T16:12:48","slug":"celtic-pathways-swans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2480","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Swans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Swans\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-01-10T16:12:47+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we are looking into words for swan.\n\n\n\nIn Proto-Celtic word for swan was *eli-, which comes from the Proto-Indo-European *h\u2081el- (swan, bird, waterfowl) [Source].\n\nRelated words in modern Celtic language include:\n\n \teala [\u02c8al\u02e0\u0259] = swan...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/swan.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9052\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2480-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/swan.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/swan.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/swan.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\/swan.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2480-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/swan.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"swan.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we are looking into words for <strong>swan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/32918783226\/in\/photolist-RJPFNJ-S9Vno3-WpxDDE-XqseKm-9Ae6Fc\" title=\"Swans, etc\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2698\/32918783226_57ecec2c98_z.jpg\" alt=\"Swans, etc\" 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 word for swan was <strong>*eli-<\/strong>, which comes from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*h\u2081el-<\/em> (swan, bird, waterfowl) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/eala\">Source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Related words in modern Celtic language include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>eala<\/strong> [\u02c8al\u02e0\u0259] = swan in Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>eala<\/strong> [jal\u032a\u02e0\u0259] = swan in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>olla(y)<\/strong> = (mute) swan in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>alarch<\/strong>  [\u02c8alar\u03c7\/\u02c8a\u02d0lar\u03c7] = swan, the constellation Cygnus in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>alargh<\/strong> = (mute) swan in Cornish<\/li>\n<li><strong>alarc\u2019h<\/strong> = swan in Breton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Words from the same Proto-Celtic root include <strong>alondra<\/strong> (lark) in Spanish, <strong>alouette<\/strong> (lark) in French, and <strong>allodola<\/strong> (skylark) in Italian. They were probably borrowed from the Gaulish <em>alauda<\/em> (skylark), from <em>ala<\/em> (swan) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Noia#Galician\">Source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Other words from the PIE root <em>*h\u2081el-<\/em> include <strong>auk<\/strong> in English, <strong>olor<\/strong> (swan) in Latin, <strong>alke<\/strong> (auk) in Danish and Norwegian, and <strong>\u00e1lka<\/strong> (razorbill) in Faroese and Icelandic [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/auk#English\">Source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>More details of words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2020\/08\/01\/swans\/\">swan<\/a> in Celtic languages can be found on the Celtiadur, a blog where I explore connections between Celtic languages in more depth. I also write about words, etymology and other language-related topics on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/\">Omniglot Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Swans\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-01-10T16:12:47+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we are looking into words for swan.\n\n\n\nIn Proto-Celtic word for swan was *eli-, which comes from the Proto-Indo-European *h\u2081el- (swan, bird, waterfowl) [Source].\n\nRelated words in modern Celtic language include:\n\n \teala [\u02c8al\u02e0\u0259] = swan...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/swan.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9053\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2480-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/swan.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/swan.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/swan.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\/swan.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2480-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/swan.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"swan.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we are looking into words for swan. In Proto-Celtic word for swan was *eli-, which comes from the Proto-Indo-European *h\u2081el- (swan, bird, waterfowl) [Source]. Related words in modern Celtic language include: eala [\u02c8al\u02e0\u0259] = swan in Irish eala [jal\u032a\u02e0\u0259] = swan in Scottish Gaelic olla(y) = (mute) swan in Manx alarch [\u02c8alar\u03c7\/\u02c8a\u02d0lar\u03c7] [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,122,37,31,20,56,95,117,29,6,12,4,50,36,11,1,94,59,5,28,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-celtic-pathways","category-cornish","category-danish","category-english","category-etymology","category-faroese-foroyskt-mal","category-gaulish","category-icelandic","category-irish","category-italian","category-language","category-latin","category-manx","category-music","category-podcast","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\/2480","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=2480"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2484,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480\/revisions\/2484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}