{"id":2719,"date":"2023-04-26T13:18:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T13:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2719"},"modified":"2023-05-01T12:56:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T12:56:21","slug":"celtic-pathways-donkeys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2719","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Donkeys"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Donkeys\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-04-26T13:18:19+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we\u2019re looking into words for donkey and related beasts in Celtic languages.\n\n\n\nThere don\u2019t appear to be any Proto-Celtic words for donkey. Instead, the Celtic languages borrowed words from Latin. These include:\n\n \tasal  [\u02c8as\u02e0\u0259l\u02e0] = as...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/donkeys.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6360\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2719-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/donkeys.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/donkeys.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/donkeys.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\/donkeys.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2719-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/donkeys.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"donkeys.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we\u2019re looking into words for <strong>donkey<\/strong> and related beasts in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/growlroar\/5665906022\/in\/photolist-9CFfsS-66SFb4-cPQVBQ-8NUpHv-8Gqry1-8cAU2M-dBKNoB-nMfPJ-TmcvkP-rcncHP-TUK3D4-4Y1w4R-564erR-5N9tei-SHRWP-75URNQ-bDvUfk-7acfU7-8xWcxz-y2n9Qf-9wc7V-4JY11v-7GfUBo-4LhQ4d-jV7Myr-2T7aTn-5MtzW3-fznHaV-nxe41c-5Mjogf-9RWUeU-4XcDfx-67DjeK-35ZRms-zhnaSh-a4pJ2-Uza3ps-2UxjRm-bomU9-6gHT9g-sqd6y-5khSf-4gUV4H-5dQJyR-oz9bSX-denwaz-JfCgwo-yYptgv-68RvfE-J8W2iw\" title=\"Donkeys\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/5187\/5665906022_7b5227bf79.jpg\" alt=\"Donkeys\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There don\u2019t appear to be any Proto-Celtic words for <strong>donkey<\/strong>. Instead, the Celtic languages borrowed words from Latin. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>asal<\/strong>  [\u02c8as\u02e0\u0259l\u02e0] = ass or donkey in Irish.<\/li>\n<li><strong>asal<\/strong> [asal\u032a\u02e0] = ass or donkey in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>assyl<\/strong> = ass or donkey in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>asyn<\/strong> [\u02c8as\u0268\u031en \/ \u02c8as\u026an] = (male) donkey \/ (he-)ass, or an absurd or stubborn person in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>asen<\/strong> = ass or donkey in Cornish<\/li>\n<li><strong>azen<\/strong> = donkey in Breton [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/asinus\">source<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Brythonic words come from the Latin <em>asina<\/em> from <em>asinus<\/em> (donkey, ass), which is of unknown origin [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/asen#Welsh\">source<\/a>]. The Goidelic words come from the same root via the Latin <em>asellus<\/em> (young ass, donkey) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/asellus#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The English word <strong>ass<\/strong> (donkey) was borrowed from an old Brythonic language, via the Middle English <em>asse<\/em> (ass, donkey) and the Old English <em>assa<\/em> and <em>assen<\/em> (she-ass) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/ass#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Other words from the same Latin roots include <strong>asinine<\/strong> (foolish, obstinate, donkeyish), <strong>asinicide<\/strong> (the killing of an idiot) in English [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/ass#English\">source<\/a>], <strong>osel<\/strong> (donkey, ass, stupid person) in Czech, and <strong>osio\u0142<\/strong> (male donkey) in Polish [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/asellus#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, another word for donkey in Old English was <em>esol<\/em> [\u02c8e.zol], which came from Proto-West Germanic <em>*asil<\/em> (donkey), from Latin <em>asellus<\/em> (young ass, donkey) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/esol#Old_English\">source<\/a>]. Related words in other Germanic languages include <strong>ezel<\/strong> (donkey, ass, fool, idiot, easel) in Dutch, <strong>Esel<\/strong> (ass, donkey, a stupid\/stubborn person) in German, and <strong>\u00e6sel<\/strong> (ass, donkey) in Danish [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic\/asil\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The English word <strong>easel<\/strong> also comes from the same roots, via Dutch <strong>ezel<\/strong> and Proto-West Germanic <em>*asil<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/easel#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Radio Omniglot podcasts are brought to you in association with <a href=\"https:\/\/blubrry.com\/services\/podcast-hosting\/?code=omniglot\">Blubrry Podcast Hosting<\/a>, a great place to host your podcasts. Get your first month free with the promo code <strong>omniglot<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You can find more details of these words on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2022\/09\/11\/surfaces\/\">Celtiadur<\/a> blog. 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; Donkeys\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-04-26T13:18:19+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we\u2019re looking into words for donkey and related beasts in Celtic languages.\n\n\n\nThere don\u2019t appear to be any Proto-Celtic words for donkey. Instead, the Celtic languages borrowed words from Latin. These include:\n\n \tasal  [\u02c8as\u02e0\u0259l\u02e0] = as...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/donkeys.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6361\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2719-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/donkeys.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/donkeys.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/donkeys.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\/donkeys.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2719-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/donkeys.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"donkeys.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we\u2019re looking into words for donkey and related beasts in Celtic languages. There don\u2019t appear to be any Proto-Celtic words for donkey. Instead, the Celtic languages borrowed words from Latin. These include: asal [\u02c8as\u02e0\u0259l\u02e0] = ass or donkey in Irish. asal [asal\u032a\u02e0] = ass or donkey in Scottish Gaelic assyl = ass [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,122,37,33,31,47,20,56,24,6,4,50,36,58,11,55,1,63,119,5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-celtic-pathways","category-cornish","category-czech","category-danish","category-dutch","category-english","category-etymology","category-german","category-irish","category-language","category-latin","category-manx","category-middle-english","category-music","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-podcast","category-polish-polski","category-proto-west-germanic","category-scottish-gaelic","category-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2719","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=2719"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2733,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2719\/revisions\/2733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}