{"id":2877,"date":"2023-07-22T15:36:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T15:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2877"},"modified":"2023-07-22T15:36:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T15:36:47","slug":"celtic-pathways-gobs-and-beaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2877","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Gobs and Beaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Gobs and Beaks\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-07-22T15:36:46+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M22S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we look into the Celtic roots of English words like gob and beak.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic word *gobbos means muzzle, snout or beak. It comes from PIE *\u01f5eb\u02b0- (jaw, mouth) [source].\n\nDescendents in the modern Celtic languages include:\n\n \tgo...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/gob.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.0\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6883\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2877-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/gob.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/gob.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/gob.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\/gob.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2877-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/gob.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"gob.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we look into the Celtic roots of English words like <strong>gob<\/strong> and <strong>beak<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sk8geek\/4343085224\/in\/photolist-7BMrVJ-6feWKT-8f6uVf-dBen6a-ecZkXX-6aL1ZN-7KEs3a-4aw297-KWZs7p-4xs8oV-7R7hA9-4q9N38-3jgoej-98UPcY-dziaxw-29FJ4-e7uTC-5mzRky-D3FXa-dXo89-b4mrEp-8JHapL-8W89yx-PzKyE-9Znva-ALiFA-5o41y1-37fJV-bZ9Cv9-6r5rMZ-uLrNV-2wXDy-a2q6NU-6Gjin7-ovAENR-fQ7Scs-8q7dmD-29zL8g1-9mifTY-UVTLLy-UK7DA7-4vCyoD-MveQX2-4Ptcu9-bvhC4L-TKXYWn-4U9EAW-ds9Zmg-9zL3ex-nMv1PT\" title=\"Geese\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2711\/4343085224_df6d5f2139_z.jpg\" alt=\"Geese\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Proto-Celtic word <em>*gobbos<\/em> means muzzle, snout or beak. It comes from PIE <em>*\u01f5eb\u02b0-<\/em> (jaw, mouth) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/gob#Scottish_Gaelic\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Descendents in the modern Celtic languages include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>gob<\/strong> [\u0261\u0254b\u02e0] = beak, bill, tip, point or projection in Irish.<\/li>\n<li><strong>gob<\/strong> [\u0261ob] = beak, bill, gob, pointed\/sharp end or corner in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>gob<\/strong> = apex, headland, hook, jet, point, promontory, beak, nib, spout, mouth or muzzle in Manx<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The English word <strong>gob<\/strong>, which is a slang word for mouth in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, was borrowed from Irish or Scottish Gaelic. [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/gob#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>It also means a lump of soft or sticky material, saliva, phlegm and various other things, and that version of the word comes from the same Proto-Celtic roots via Middle French <em>go(u)be<\/em> (lump, mouthful), and Gaulish <em>*gobbos<\/em> (mouth) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/gob#Etymology_2\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Other words from the same Proto-Celtic roots include <strong>gober<\/strong> (to swallow whole) and <strong>gobelet<\/strong> (goblet, cup, beaker) in French, and <strong>goblet<\/strong> in English [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/%C7%B5%CA%B0oys%C3%B3s\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Another Proto-Celtic word for beak or snout is <em>*bekkos<\/em>. The only descendent in the modern Celtic languages that I can find is <strong>beg<\/strong> (beak, mouth, point, mouthpiece, embouchure) in Breton [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/bekkos\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same Proto-Celtic root, via the Gaulish <em>*bekkos<\/em> (beak, snout) and the Latin <em>beccus<\/em> (beak, bill), include <strong>bec<\/strong> (beak, bill, mouth) in French, <strong>beco<\/strong> (beak, mouthpiece, burner) in Italian, <strong>bico<\/strong> (beak, bill, snout, rostrum) in Portuguese, <strong>pico<\/strong> (beak, sharp point, pickaxe, peak, spout) in Spanish, and <strong>beak<\/strong> in English [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/beccus#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>You can find more details of words for beaks, snouts and related things on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2023\/07\/22\/beaks-and-snouts\/\">Celtiadur<\/a> blog. 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It comes from PIE *\u01f5eb\u02b0- (jaw, mouth) [source].\n\nDescendents in the modern Celtic languages include:\n\n \tgo...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/gob.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.0\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6884\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2877-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/gob.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/gob.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/gob.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\/gob.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2877-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/gob.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"gob.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we look into the Celtic roots of English words like gob and beak. The Proto-Celtic word *gobbos means muzzle, snout or beak. It comes from PIE *\u01f5eb\u02b0- (jaw, mouth) [source]. Descendents in the modern Celtic languages include: gob [\u0261\u0254b\u02e0] = beak, bill, tip, point or projection in Irish. gob [\u0261ob] = beak, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,122,20,56,23,117,6,4,36,140,11,1,94,59,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-celtic-pathways","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-gaulish","category-irish","category-language","category-manx","category-middle-french","category-music","category-podcast","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-scottish-gaelic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2877","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=2877"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2881,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2877\/revisions\/2881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}