{"id":2586,"date":"2023-02-19T17:27:42","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T17:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2586"},"modified":"2023-02-19T17:27:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T17:27:42","slug":"celtic-pathways-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2586","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Land"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Land\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-02-19T17:27:42+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we\u2019re looking into words for land and related things.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic word *land\u0101 means (open) land, and comes from the Proto-Indo-European *lend\u02b0- (land, heath) [Source].\n\nRelated words in Celtic language include:\n\n \tlann [l\u032a\u02e0aun...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/land.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8361\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2586-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/land.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/land.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/land.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\/land.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2586-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/land.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"land.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we\u2019re looking into words for <strong>land<\/strong> and related things.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96747463@N05\/25222122987\/in\/photolist-EqMYrr-2meFPBn-2ockFoL-2hxUAvn-2jDBiH8-24uYQPv-2kYzK63-qbT4pJ-2izhdCH-2jZz1dL-25S5QTi-2h84evz-24c2o8z-Ph9RVb-cbXeVC-2kvf6ac-2iWttUL-2nrL2kj-2n35h4h-2n8HD7s-2kt3YwY-2j181kK-6robLB-CLebkP-4PrXoe-24Las8e-swnbvV-2o7hiA1-2mvLp7r-2neFHDL-2mAA9dJ-2mo5fvt-2mpYEsf-VSm1Su-Dx61ra-2jkmnKD-xAiJwT-2k9iC9r-2n8f17D-dYyfKz-24QC5CJ-2kR4k4N-uUkr8Y-2m7dM5j-9hWLMq-ooHtbf-qzPDZN-2aedxLi-2mh4APj-2nnqrbV\" title=\"Llangwyfan church Eglwys Llangwyfan\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4745\/25222122987_2510406051_z.jpg\" alt=\"Llangwyfan church Eglwys Llangwyfan\" width=\"640\" height=\"363\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Proto-Celtic word <strong>*land\u0101<\/strong> means (open) land, and comes from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*lend\u02b0-<\/em> (land, heath) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/lend%CA%B0-\">Source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Related words in Celtic language include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>lann<\/strong> [l\u032a\u02e0aun\u032a\u02e0] = land, ground, site; building, house, church (obsolete\/archaic) in Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>lann<\/strong> [l\u032a\u02e0aun\u032a\u02e0] = enclosure, enclosed area, precinct; repository, house or church in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>lann<\/strong> = enclosure, habitation in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>llan<\/strong> [\u026can] = (parish) church, monastery, heaven, churchyard, enclosure or yard in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>lann<\/strong> [lan] = yard in Cornish<\/li>\n<li><strong>lann<\/strong> = moor, heath or moorland in Breton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Words from the same Proto-Celtic root, via Gaulish and Latin, include <strong>lande<\/strong> (moor, moorland, heath) in French, <strong>landa<\/strong> (a (sandy) plain) in Spanish, <strong>landa<\/strong> (country, field, piece of land) in Basque [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/land%C4%81\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The (archaic) English word <strong>laund<\/strong> [l\u0254\u02d0nd] (a grassy plain or pasture, especially one surround by woodland; a glade) possibly comes from the same Proto-Celtic root, via Middle English, Old French, Latin and Gaulish, or from the Proto-Germanic <em>*land\u0105<\/em> (land), which comes from the same PIE root [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/tarwos\">Source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Other words from the same PIE root include <strong>land<\/strong> in English, <strong>land<\/strong> (land, country) in Dutch, <strong>Land<\/strong> (country, state, province, land) in German, <strong>land<\/strong> (land, country, nation, state, ground, earth) in Swedish, <strong>lado<\/strong> (uncultivated, wild land) in Czech and <strong>\u043b\u0435\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0430<\/strong> [\u02c8l\u025bdina] (untilled land) in Macedonian [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic\/land%C4%85\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, the new theme tune is one I wrote recently called the Tower of Cats. You can here the whole of it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CoXnbnCoq56\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can be find more details of words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2019\/04\/23\/land-parishes-enclosures\/\">Land, parishes and enclosures<\/a> in Celtic languages 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; Land\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-02-19T17:27:42+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we\u2019re looking into words for land and related things.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic word *land\u0101 means (open) land, and comes from the Proto-Indo-European *lend\u02b0- (land, heath) [Source].\n\nRelated words in Celtic language include:\n\n \tlann [l\u032a\u02e0aun...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/land.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8362\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2586-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/land.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/land.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/land.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\/land.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2586-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/land.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"land.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we\u2019re looking into words for land and related things. The Proto-Celtic word *land\u0101 means (open) land, and comes from the Proto-Indo-European *lend\u02b0- (land, heath) [Source]. Related words in Celtic language include: lann [l\u032a\u02e0aun\u032a\u02e0] = land, ground, site; building, house, church (obsolete\/archaic) in Irish lann [l\u032a\u02e0aun\u032a\u02e0] = enclosure, enclosed area, precinct; repository, house [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,122,37,47,20,56,23,117,24,6,4,50,145,36,58,11,109,1,94,57,59,5,30,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-celtic-pathways","category-cornish","category-dutch","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-gaulish","category-german","category-irish","category-language","category-latin","category-macedonian-","category-manx","category-middle-english","category-music","category-old-french-franceis","category-podcast","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-germanic","category-proto-indo-european","category-scottish-gaelic","category-swedish","category-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586","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=2586"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2591,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586\/revisions\/2591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}