{"id":3229,"date":"2024-02-17T18:22:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T18:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3229"},"modified":"2024-02-17T18:22:18","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T18:22:18","slug":"celtic-pathways-needles-and-scythes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3229","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Needles and Scythes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Needles and Scythes\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-02-17T18:22:17+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M10S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we discover Romance scythes in a stack of Celtic pins and needles.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic word *delgos means pin or needle. It comes from Proto-Indo-European *d\u02b0elg- (sting) [source].\n\nRelated words in the modern Celtic languages include...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/needle.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7919\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3229-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/needle.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/needle.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/needle.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\/needle.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3229-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/needle.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"needle.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we discover Romance <strong>scythes<\/strong> in a stack of Celtic <strong>pins and needles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ktlindsay\/1813334025\/in\/photolist-3LeP2K-QfoaCS-2kBoFJN-2o5DurZ-7K7Eqo-2hNYFoA-4W29PZ-4nkKsJ-2jWvVhz-2j4WX33-pyp6rK-7ATJy8-bK8o7-2dpKMUg-pXY6yz-CphsgV-nqfPMW-nKNfKG-9T4CgG-cGUST-4L37Fm-9EpvtZ-2jWAqXH-2n2wNut-Rj1Dx8-GEA2G-pAc7J-4XauB6-4tgyPq-6HQ41K-79JCHb-2oqrQCc-5LXzxp-2oqpPdZ-2kXn6Jk-48cVHe-7RL1e6-dyxyop-pgUxTj-yCNxe-5szoep-2i3Sbyq-d84yaj-bK6YQT-qYquKt-2na5S86-6ntMhQ-herQGi-4z5C9n-KTuHsi\" title=\"Pins and Needles\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2106\/1813334025_5b792dfcc4_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"485\" alt=\"Pins and Needles\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Proto-Celtic word <strong>*delgos<\/strong> means pin or needle. It comes from Proto-Indo-European <em>*d\u02b0elg-<\/em> (sting) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/delgos\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Related words in the modern Celtic languages include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>dealg<\/strong> [\u02c8d\u02b2al\u032a\u02e0\u0259\u0261] = thorn, prickle, spine, spike, pin, peg or brooch in Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>dealg<\/strong> [d\u02b2al\u032a\u02e0ag] = pin, skewer or knitting needle  in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>jialg<\/strong> = needle, prick, quill, thorn or pin  in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>dala<\/strong> [\u02c8dala] = sting or bite in Welsh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Words from the same Proto-Celtic roots, via Gaulish <em>*dalgis<\/em> (scythe) and Latin <em>*daculum<\/em> (scythe) , possibly include <strong>dall<\/strong> (mowing, billhook) in Catalan, <strong>dalle<\/strong> (scythe) in Spanish, and <strong>dalha<\/strong> (scythe) in Occitan (Languedoc) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Latin\/daculum\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p>The English word <strong>dagger<\/strong>, and related words in other languages, such as <strong>daga<\/strong> (dagger) in Spanish, and <strong>Degen<\/strong> (rapier, \u00e9p\u00e9e) in German, might come from the same Celtic roots [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/dagger\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p>Words from the same PIE root include <strong>d\u00e1lkur<\/strong> (spine of a fish, knife, dagger, newspaper column) in Icelandic, <strong>dilgus<\/strong> (prickly) in Lithuanian, <strong>falce<\/strong> (scythe, sickle) in Italian, and <strong>falcate<\/strong> (shaped like a sickle) and <strong>falcifer<\/strong> (sickle-bearing, holding a scythe) in English [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/delgos\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>More about words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2024\/02\/17\/pins-needles\/\">Pins and Needles<\/a> 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; Needles and Scythes\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-02-17T18:22:17+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M10S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we discover Romance scythes in a stack of Celtic pins and needles.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic word *delgos means pin or needle. It comes from Proto-Indo-European *d\u02b0elg- (sting) [source].\n\nRelated words in the modern Celtic languages include...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/needle.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7920\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3229-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/needle.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/needle.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/needle.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\/needle.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3229-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/needle.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"needle.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we discover Romance scythes in a stack of Celtic pins and needles. The Proto-Celtic word *delgos means pin or needle. It comes from Proto-Indo-European *d\u02b0elg- (sting) [source]. Related words in the modern Celtic languages include: dealg [\u02c8d\u02b2al\u032a\u02e0\u0259\u0261] = thorn, prickle, spine, spike, pin, peg or brooch in Irish dealg [d\u02b2al\u032a\u02e0ag] = pin, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,115,122,20,56,117,24,29,6,12,4,50,36,11,154,1,94,59,5,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-catalan-catala","category-celtic-pathways","category-english","category-etymology","category-gaulish","category-german","category-icelandic","category-irish","category-italian","category-language","category-latin","category-manx","category-music","category-occitan","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\/3229","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=3229"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3235,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3229\/revisions\/3235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}