{"id":2531,"date":"2023-01-29T16:11:18","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T16:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2531"},"modified":"2023-01-29T16:11:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T16:11:19","slug":"celtic-pathways-rivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2531","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Rivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Rivers\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-01-29T16:11:18+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we\u2019re diving into words for river.\n\n\n\nA Proto-Celtic word for river was *abon\u0101\/*ab\u016b, which comes from the Proto-Indo-European *h\u2082ep- (water, body of water) [Source].\n\nRelated words in Celtic language include:\n\n \tabhainn [\u0259un\u02b2\/o\u02d0n\u0320\u02b2] =...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/river.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_262\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2531-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/river.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/river.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/river.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\/river.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2531-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/river.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"river.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we\u2019re diving into words for <strong>river<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/44945148902\/in\/album-72157695351587362\/\" title=\"Afon Ogwen River\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/1908\/44945148902_0071c2cef4_z.jpg\" alt=\"Afon Ogwen River\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A Proto-Celtic word for river was <strong>*abon\u0101\/*ab\u016b<\/strong>, which comes from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*h\u2082ep-<\/em> (water, body of water) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/ab%C5%AB\">Source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Related words in Celtic language include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>abhainn<\/strong> [\u0259un\u02b2\/o\u02d0n\u0320\u02b2] = river in Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>abhainn<\/strong> [a.\u026an\u032a\u02b2] = river or stream in Scottish<\/li>\n<li><strong>awin<\/strong> [\u02c8aw\u0259n\u02b2] = river in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>afon<\/strong> [\u02c8av\u0254n] = river or stream in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>avon<\/strong> [\u02c8av\u0254n] = river in Cornish<\/li>\n<li><strong>aven<\/strong> [\u02c8\u0251\u02d0.ven] = river in Breton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The names of the river Avon in England and the river A\u2019an (Avon) in Scotland were borrowed from Proto-Brythonic the <em>*a\u03b2on<\/em> (river) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/ab%C5%AB\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same PIE roots include <strong>\u0905\u092a\u094d<\/strong> (ap &#8211; water, Virgo) in Sanskrit, and possibly words for <strong>ape<\/strong> in English and other Germanic languages, which might have originally referred to a water sprite [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic\/ap%C3%B4\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Another Proto-Celtic word for river was <strong>*r\u0113nos<\/strong>, which comes from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*h\u2083reyH-<\/em> (to flow, stream) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/r%C4%93nos\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Related words in Celtic languages include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>r\u00edan<\/strong> [r\u0348\u02b2i\u02d0a\u032fn] = sea, ocean, path, course, way or manner in Old Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>rian<\/strong> = course, path, mark, trace, track or vigour in modern Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>rian<\/strong> [r\u032a\u02b2ian] = method, mode, system, arrangement, control, management, order or sense in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>rane<\/strong> = stanza, track or verse in Manx<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Names for the river Rhine in many languages come from the same roots, via the Latin <em>Rh\u0113nus<\/em> and\/or Gaulish <strong>R\u0113nos<\/strong>. For example, the English word <strong>Rhein<\/strong> comes from Middle English <em>Rine\/Ryne<\/em>, from Old English <em>R\u012bn<\/em>, from Middle\/Old High German <em>R\u012bn<\/em>, from Proto-West Germanic <em>*R\u012bn<\/em>, from Proto-Germanic <em>*R\u012bnaz<\/em>, from Gaulish <em>R\u0113nos<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Rhenus#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The Latin word <em>r\u012bvus<\/em> (small stream, brook, rivulet) comes from the same PIE roots, and is the root of river-related words in Romance languages, such as <strong>rio<\/strong> in Italian and Portuguese, and <strong>ruisseau<\/strong> (stream, brook, creek) in French [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/rivus#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, the English word <strong>river<\/strong> comes from Middle English <em>ryver\/river(e)<\/em>, from Anglo-Norman <em>rivere<\/em>, from Old French <em>riviere<\/em>, from Vulgar Latin <em>*r\u012bp\u0101ria<\/em> (riverbank, seashore, river), from Latin <em>r\u012bp\u0101rius<\/em> (of a riverbank), from Latin <em>r\u012bpa<\/em> (river bank), from PIE <em>*h\u2081reyp-<\/em> (to scratch, tear, cut) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/river#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>You can be find more details of Celtic words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2019\/04\/26\/rivers\/\">river<\/a> 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; Rivers\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-01-29T16:11:18+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we\u2019re diving into words for river.\n\n\n\nA Proto-Celtic word for river was *abon\u0101\/*ab\u016b, which comes from the Proto-Indo-European *h\u2082ep- (water, body of water) [Source].\n\nRelated words in Celtic language include:\n\n \tabhainn [\u0259un\u02b2\/o\u02d0n\u0320\u02b2] =...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/river.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_263\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2531-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/river.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/river.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/river.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\/river.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2531-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/river.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"river.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we\u2019re diving into words for river. A Proto-Celtic word for river was *abon\u0101\/*ab\u016b, which comes from the Proto-Indo-European *h\u2082ep- (water, body of water) [Source]. Related words in Celtic language include: abhainn [\u0259un\u02b2\/o\u02d0n\u0320\u02b2] = river in Irish abhainn [a.\u026an\u032a\u02b2] = river or stream in Scottish awin [\u02c8aw\u0259n\u02b2] = river in Manx afon [\u02c8av\u0254n] [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124,38,122,37,20,56,23,117,6,12,4,50,36,58,11,55,109,128,1,27,94,57,59,119,5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglo-norman-norman","category-breton","category-celtic-pathways","category-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-gaulish","category-irish","category-italian","category-language","category-latin","category-manx","category-middle-english","category-music","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-old-french-franceis","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-podcast","category-portuguese","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-germanic","category-proto-indo-european","category-proto-west-germanic","category-scottish-gaelic","category-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531","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=2531"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2536,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531\/revisions\/2536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}