{"id":3003,"date":"2023-10-14T14:09:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T14:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3003"},"modified":"2023-10-14T14:09:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T14:09:17","slug":"celtic-pathways-great-big","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3003","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Great Big"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Great Big\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-10-14T14:09:17+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M29S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we\u2019re looking at Celtic words for great and big and related things.\n\n\n\nA Proto-Celtic word for big and great is *m\u0101ros, which comes from Proto-Indo-European *moh\u2081ros (great), or m\u0113r\u00f3s (great, considerable, sizeable, impressive), both ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/big.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"3.2\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3950\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3003-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/big.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/big.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/big.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\/big.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3003-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/big.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"big.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we\u2019re looking at Celtic words for <strong>great<\/strong> and <strong>big<\/strong> and related things.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/comunicati\/5724780382\/in\/photolist-3moxpd-Et8ZEs-9HSZL3-cs2XzW-eoMBMb-CzcFrJ-eRJMNN-f8Czt5-dzhXyg-c37STS-TborP1-Mca9wc-nmaZE6-arZYux-3t54LR-26qyAdZ-2erBvbQ-SJGUrG-zATqvH-mgK2CD-31bK2-c381hw-fJ7Fb-Z3pxxf-Xi9nga-29pPPe4-S35Gsh-ZSNKDX-oYc4a3-p6EoKS-efaie-27ixfoW-LCfBNL-B5J6jj-51eUh7-84Vsc9-ZtQPhJ-MZNXHN-26g3oFK-JQPtV1-aucBrx-4zb45q-27aDjbR-27aDjJ4-g7GUD6-25b2feC-2fDLtef-p2RoE-277mfFX-26g3eQ8\" title=\"Wood of Chestnut trees\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3438\/5724780382_1927768982_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Wood of Chestnut trees\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A Proto-Celtic word for big and great is <strong>*m\u0101ros<\/strong>, which comes from Proto-Indo-European <em>*moh\u2081ros<\/em> (great), or <em>m\u0113r\u00f3s<\/em> (great, considerable, sizeable, impressive), both of which come from <em>*meh\u2081-<\/em> (to measure) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/m%C4%81ros\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Descendents in the modern Celtic languages include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>m\u00f3r<\/strong> [m\u02e0o\u02d0\u027e\u02e0] = big, great, large in Irish.<\/li>\n<li><strong>m\u00f2r<\/strong> [mo\u02d0r] = big, great, large, grand in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>mooar<\/strong> [mu\u02d0r] = big, great, grand, heavy, tall in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>mawr<\/strong> [mau\u032fr] = large, big; fully grown in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>meur<\/strong> [m\u00f8:r] = great, grand, large, substantial in Cornish<\/li>\n<li><strong>meur<\/strong> [m\u00f8\u0281] = big, many in Breton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Words from the same Proto-Celtic root, via Byzantine Greek <em>\u03bc\u03ac\u03c1\u03b1\u03bf\u03bd<\/em> (m\u00e1raon &#8211; sweet chestnut), possibly include <strong>marrone<\/strong> (brown, chestnut) in Italian, <strong>marron<\/strong> (chestnut, brown) in French, and <strong>Morone<\/strong> (sweet chestnut) in German [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/marrone#Italian\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>How did a word meaning <strong>big<\/strong> in Proto-Celtic come to refer to <strong>chestnuts<\/strong> in other languages? Possibly because the edible seeds (chestnuts) of the <strong>sweet chestnut tree<\/strong> (<em>Castanea sativa<\/em>) are relatively large.<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same PIE roots include <strong>immense<\/strong>, <strong>meal<\/strong>, <strong>measure<\/strong>, <strong>meter \/ metre<\/strong>, <strong>metronome<\/strong> and probably <strong>moon<\/strong> and <strong>month<\/strong> in English, <strong>vermaren<\/strong> (to make famous) and <strong>maal<\/strong> (meal, time, turn) in Dutch, and <strong>m\u00e6r\u00f0<\/strong> (flattery, praise) in Icelandic [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/meh%E2%82%81-\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>You can find more details of words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2018\/09\/25\/big-large-great\/\">Big, Large &#038; Great<\/a> and related things on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/\">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; Great Big\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-10-14T14:09:17+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M29S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we\u2019re looking at Celtic words for great and big and related things.\n\n\n\nA Proto-Celtic word for big and great is *m\u0101ros, which comes from Proto-Indo-European *moh\u2081ros (great), or m\u0113r\u00f3s (great, considerable, sizeable, impressive), both ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/big.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"3.2\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3951\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3003-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/big.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/big.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/big.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\/big.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3003-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/big.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"big.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we\u2019re looking at Celtic words for great and big and related things. A Proto-Celtic word for big and great is *m\u0101ros, which comes from Proto-Indo-European *moh\u2081ros (great), or m\u0113r\u00f3s (great, considerable, sizeable, impressive), both of which come from *meh\u2081- (to measure) [source]. Descendents in the modern Celtic languages include: m\u00f3r [m\u02e0o\u02d0\u027e\u02e0] = [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,122,37,47,20,56,23,24,61,29,6,12,4,36,11,1,94,5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-celtic-pathways","category-cornish","category-dutch","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-german","category-greek-","category-icelandic","category-irish","category-italian","category-language","category-manx","category-music","category-podcast","category-proto-celtic","category-scottish-gaelic","category-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3003","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=3003"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3006,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3003\/revisions\/3006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}