{"id":2821,"date":"2023-06-24T14:15:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T14:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2821"},"modified":"2023-06-24T14:15:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T14:15:04","slug":"celtic-pathways-hogging-sockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2821","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Hogging Sockets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Hogging Sockets\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-06-24T14:15:03+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we find out what links the words hog and socket with words for pig, ploughshare and related things in Celtic languages.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic word sukkos means a pig (snout) or ploughshare, presumably because ploughshares looked like pi...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/hog.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_175\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2821-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/hog.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/hog.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/hog.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\/hog.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2821-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/hog.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"hog.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we find out what links the words <strong>hog<\/strong> and <strong>socket<\/strong> with words for <strong>pig<\/strong>, <strong>ploughshare<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bugginout\/4380886480\/in\/photolist-7F8bVw-2nLW8ZD-7F8bmG-NRKRu-2nLW8GV-2nEJXmo-7F4jYk-4m6mcj-8dqWSK-FtMKaZ-nZb7Mz-7uHjnF-2nLVAow-7kkaex-7uBDxy-8Psaa-aconn2-r2UyDj-qKwMaZ-5nrhjL-22hCao1-7GbQnV-Cxxx6h-e4VyE-q6csDa-7Syg6G-81BUs2-2nELkrw-2nUrFx6-35t5pM-9UFsGK-2jjE8sW-y2Ge8q-2YB5Nj-2k9HvWk-WnUo9F-7F4jfD-8jbRPH-oXWonL-9vqx4B-5RP8S5-9iPeQp-7F4k7n-5MgMjc-awHFy-ar1dPU-9q8u1h-5Gieih-vivHGK-8duddJ\" title=\"Family of Feral Hogs\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4069\/4380886480_8fc1da14f3_z.jpg\" alt=\"Family of Feral Hogs\" width=\"640\" height=\"178\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Proto-Celtic word <em>sukkos<\/em> means a pig (snout) or ploughshare, presumably because ploughshares looked like pig\u2019s snouts. It comes from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*s\u00faH-s<\/em> (pig, hog, swine) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/sukkos\">source<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Descendents in the modern Celtic languages include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>soc<\/strong> [s\u02e0\u0254k] = sow in Irish.<\/li>\n<li><strong>soc<\/strong> [s\u0254xg] = beak, snout, socket, ploughshare, or a short, chubby person in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>sock<\/strong> = bow, nose, snout, ploughshare, jet or nozzle in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>hwch<\/strong> [hu\u02d0\u03c7] = sow, pig, swine, or a dirty creature in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>hogh<\/strong> = hog, pig or swine in Cornish<\/li>\n<li><strong>houc\u2019h<\/strong> = sow in Breton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Words from the same Proto-Celtic root in other languages include <strong>socket<\/strong> and possibly <strong>hog<\/strong> in English, and <strong>soc<\/strong> (ploughshare) in French.<\/p>\n<p>The word <strong>socket<\/strong> comes from the Middle English <em>soket<\/em>, from the Anglo-Norman <em>soket<\/em> (spearhead), from the Old French <em>soc<\/em> (ploughshare), from the Vulgar Latin <em>*soccus<\/em>, from the Proto-Celtic <em>*sokkos<\/em>, probably via Gaulish [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/socket#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The word <strong>hog<\/strong> comes from the Middle English <em>hog(ge)<\/em> (pig, swine, pig meat, hogget [young sheep]), from the Old English <em>hogg<\/em> (hog), either the Old Norse <em>h\u01ebggva<\/em> (to hew), or from the Proto-Brythonic <em>*hux<\/em> (pig) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/hog#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The English word <strong>hoggan<\/strong> (a pork pasty), which is used mainly in Cornwall, probably comes from the Old Cornish <em>hoggan\/hogen<\/em>) (pork pasty, pie), from <em>hoch<\/em> (pig), from the Proto-Brythonic <em>*hux<\/em> (pig). The word <strong>oggy\/oggie<\/strong> (pasty), which is used in Devon and Cornwall, and also in Wales, comes from the same roots [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/hoggan#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Welsh <strong>oggies<\/strong> are larger than Cornish pasties and contain lamb, potatoes and leeks. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespruceeats.com\/giant-welsh-oggie-recipe-435853\">Here\u2019s a recipe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/eyedropper\/245777360\/in\/photolist-f688M8-nHF3G-nwHh8Y-2JK4oS\" title=\"Oggie\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/96\/245777360_bc925b4cac_z.jpg\" alt=\"Oggie\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, the Welsh words <strong>hogyn<\/strong> (boy) and <strong>hogen<\/strong> (girl), which are used mainly in North Wales, come from <strong>h\u00f2g<\/strong> (young\/little boy, youth, lad, fellow), from the English <strong>hogg<\/strong> (young sheep or hogget), from the Middle English <em>hogget<\/em> (a boar\/sheep of the second year), from Anglo-Norman <em>hog(g)et<\/em> (young boar) and an Anglo-Latin <em>hogettus<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/hogen#Welsh\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>You can find more details of words for pig and related beasts on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2020\/01\/30\/pigs\/\">Celtiadur<\/a> blog. 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Get your first month free with the promo code <strong>omniglot<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&amp;i=b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/banners\/banner_japanesepod.jpg\" alt=\"The Fastest Way to Learn Japanese Guaranteed with JapanesePod101.com\" width=\"630\" height=\"83\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Hogging Sockets\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-06-24T14:15:03+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we find out what links the words hog and socket with words for pig, ploughshare and related things in Celtic languages.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic word sukkos means a pig (snout) or ploughshare, presumably because ploughshares looked like pi...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/hog.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_176\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2821-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/hog.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/hog.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/hog.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\/hog.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2821-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/hog.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"hog.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we find out what links the words hog and socket with words for pig, ploughshare and related things in Celtic languages. The Proto-Celtic word sukkos means a pig (snout) or ploughshare, presumably because ploughshares looked like pig\u2019s snouts. It comes from the Proto-Indo-European *s\u00faH-s (pig, hog, swine) [source] Descendents in the modern [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124,38,122,37,20,56,23,117,6,4,36,58,11,55,64,1,94,59,5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2821","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-language","category-manx","category-middle-english","category-music","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-old-norse-dnsk-tunga","category-podcast","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-scottish-gaelic","category-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2821","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=2821"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2827,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2821\/revisions\/2827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}