{"id":2918,"date":"2023-08-19T12:13:19","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T12:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2918"},"modified":"2023-08-25T19:49:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T19:49:32","slug":"phoney-rings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2918","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Phoney Rings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Phoney Rings\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-08-19T12:13:19+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M54S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we look into the possibly Celtic roots of the word phoney, and find out how it is connected to words for ring and related things.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic word *\u0101nniyos means ring, and comes from Proto-Indo-European *h\u2081eh\u2082no- (ring).  [sou...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/phoney.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"1.5\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8761\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2918-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/phoney.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/phoney.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/phoney.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\/phoney.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2918-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/phoney.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"phoney.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we look into the possibly Celtic roots of the word <strong>phoney<\/strong>, and find out how it is connected to words for <strong>ring<\/strong> and related things.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/from_a_maine-iacs_point_of_view\/4473994356\/in\/photolist-7PmoDJ-99qwNV-fED9wB-adXKo6-adXK8F-5ekFtp-2joa8L-2jisgZ-2nsm2eG-2joXT5-2jxiQf-2jokZo-2jsBV2-2jhEzH-2jmLcE-6JjREY-6Qp1Kv-D8BMEo-fozqr7-2cWSwEB-eH5YMp-7ubj59-iLjJJr-91jPum-9UTxYQ-91gLtg-91jvm7-91jiML-91k7vG-91kcVh-91h6xc-91hd9D-91k8iS-91kjwC-91heMp-91kiqj-91kieb-916Jik-91hc9a-cn5n7q-4hxqrf-91h6kZ-91jhjU-91g9hR-91jVdf-91gdBx-91h4Ct-91gcD2-91ko6G-91h19x\" title=\"Irish Claddagh Ring\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4047\/4473994356_7e893ed8a1_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Irish Claddagh Ring\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Proto-Celtic word <strong>*\u0101nniyos<\/strong> means <strong>ring<\/strong>, and comes from Proto-Indo-European <em>*h\u2081eh\u2082no-<\/em> (ring).  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/%C4%81nniyos\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Descendents in the modern Celtic languages include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>f\u00e1inne<\/strong> [\u02c8f\u02e0\u0251\u02d0\u0272\u0259\/\u02c8f\u02e0\u00e6\u02d0n\u0320\u02b2\u0259] = ring, circle, ringlet, curl or halo in Irish.<\/li>\n<li><strong>f\u00e0inne<\/strong> [fa\u02d0n\u032a\u02b2\u0259] = ring, ringlet or circle in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>fainney<\/strong> = circle, puck, wreathe or ring in Manx<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The English word <strong>phon(e)y<\/strong> (fraudulent, fake) possibly comes from the old slang word <strong>fawney<\/strong> (a finger ring, a gilt brass ring used by swindlers), from the Irish <strong>f\u00e1inne<\/strong> (ring)  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/phony#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The Hiberno-English word <strong>fainne<\/strong> [\u02c8f\u0251nj\u0259\/\u02c8f\u0254nj\u0259], which refers to a pin badge worn to show fluency in, or a willingness to speak Irish, also comes from the same Irish root  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/fainne#English\">source<\/a>]. More information about the <strong>fainne<\/strong> badge: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/F%C3%A1inne\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/F\u00e1inne<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other words from the same PIE root, via the Latin <em>\u0101nus<\/em> (ring, anus) include <strong>annular<\/strong> (ring-shaped, banded\/marked with circles) and <strong>anus<\/strong> in English,  <strong>\u0561\u0576\u0578\u0582\u0580<\/strong> (anur &#8211; collar, oppression, yoke) in Armenian, <strong>anneau<\/strong> (ring) in French, and <strong>anello<\/strong> (ring, link) in Italian  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/anus#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>You can find more details of words for circles, rings and related things on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2021\/09\/29\/circles\/\">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; Phoney Rings\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-08-19T12:13:19+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M54S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we look into the possibly Celtic roots of the word phoney, and find out how it is connected to words for ring and related things.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic word *\u0101nniyos means ring, and comes from Proto-Indo-European *h\u2081eh\u2082no- (ring).  [sou...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/phoney.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"1.5\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8762\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2918-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/phoney.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/phoney.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/phoney.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\/phoney.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2918-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/phoney.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"phoney.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we look into the possibly Celtic roots of the word phoney, and find out how it is connected to words for ring and related things. The Proto-Celtic word *\u0101nniyos means ring, and comes from Proto-Indo-European *h\u2081eh\u2082no- (ring). [source]. Descendents in the modern Celtic languages include: f\u00e1inne [\u02c8f\u02e0\u0251\u02d0\u0272\u0259\/\u02c8f\u02e0\u00e6\u02d0n\u0320\u02b2\u0259] = ring, circle, ringlet, curl [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,122,20,56,23,6,12,4,50,36,11,1,94,59,5,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-armenian","category-celtic-pathways","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-irish","category-italian","category-language","category-latin","category-manx","category-music","category-podcast","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-scottish-gaelic","category-spanish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2918","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=2918"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2938,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2918\/revisions\/2938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}