{"id":3094,"date":"2023-12-09T15:51:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T15:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3094"},"modified":"2023-12-09T15:51:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T15:51:40","slug":"celtic-pathways-rotten-bran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3094","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Rotten Bran"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Rotten Bran\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-12-09T15:51:39+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M54S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we discover the rotten Celtic roots of the English word bran, the Galician word bra\u00f1a (meadow, bog), and related words in other languages.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic word *bragnos means rotten. It comes from the PIE *b\u02b0reHg- (to smell, have ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/rotten.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.4\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1793\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3094-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/rotten.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/rotten.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/rotten.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\/rotten.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3094-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/rotten.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"rotten.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we discover the <strong>rotten<\/strong> Celtic roots of the English word <strong>bran<\/strong>, the Galician word <strong>bra\u00f1a<\/strong> (meadow, bog), and related words in other languages.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/celtiadur\/rotten.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Rotten Bran\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Proto-Celtic word <em>*bragnos<\/em> means rotten. It comes from the PIE <em>*b\u02b0reHg-<\/em> (to smell, have a strong odour) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/b%CA%B0reHg-\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Descendents in the modern Celtic languages include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>br\u00e9an<\/strong> [b\u02b2\u027e\u02b2i\u02d0a\u032fn\u02e0] = foul, putrid, rotten or to pollute  in Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>breun<\/strong>  [br\u02b2e\u02d0n] = foetid, putrid, disgusting or filthy in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>breinn<\/strong> = foetid, loathsome, nasty or offensive in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>braen<\/strong> [bra\u02d0\u0268\u032fn] = rotten, putrid, corrupt or mouldy in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>breyn<\/strong> = putrid or rotten in Cornish<\/li>\n<li><strong>brein<\/strong> [\u02c8br\u025b\u0303jn] = rotten or uncultivated in Breton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Words from the same Proto-Celtic root, via the Gaulish <em>brennos<\/em> (rotten) and the Latin <em>*brennos<\/em>, include <strong>bran<\/strong> in English, <strong>berner<\/strong> (to trick, fool, hoodwink) in French [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/bragnos\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The Asturian word <strong>bra\u00f1a<\/strong> (pasture, meadowland), and Galician word <strong>bra\u00f1a<\/strong> (mire, bog, marsh, moorland) possibly also come from the same Proto-Celtic root [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/bra%C3%B1a\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same PIE root include <strong>flair<\/strong>, <strong>fragrant<\/strong>, and <strong>bray<\/strong> in English, and <strong>\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0433\u0430<\/strong> [\u02c8bra\u0261\u0259] (home brew) in Russian [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/b%CA%B0reHg-\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>More about words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2022\/07\/19\/rotten-fragrance\/\">Rotten<\/a> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p>You can find more connections between Celtic languages on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/\">Celtiadur blog<\/a>. 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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; Rotten Bran\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-12-09T15:51:39+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M54S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we discover the rotten Celtic roots of the English word bran, the Galician word bra\u00f1a (meadow, bog), and related words in other languages.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic word *bragnos means rotten. It comes from the PIE *b\u02b0reHg- (to smell, have ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/rotten.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.4\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1794\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3094-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/rotten.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/rotten.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/rotten.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\/rotten.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3094-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/rotten.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"rotten.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we discover the rotten Celtic roots of the English word bran, the Galician word bra\u00f1a (meadow, bog), and related words in other languages. The Proto-Celtic word *bragnos means rotten. It comes from the PIE *b\u02b0reHg- (to smell, have a strong odour) [source]. Descendents in the modern Celtic languages include: br\u00e9an [b\u02b2\u027e\u02b2i\u02d0a\u032fn\u02e0] = [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146,38,122,37,20,56,23,143,117,6,4,50,36,11,1,94,59,32,5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asturian-asturianu","category-breton","category-celtic-pathways","category-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-galician-galego","category-gaulish","category-irish","category-language","category-latin","category-manx","category-music","category-podcast","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-russian","category-scottish-gaelic","category-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3094","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=3094"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3095,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3094\/revisions\/3095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}