{"id":3255,"date":"2024-03-02T16:55:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T16:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3255"},"modified":"2024-03-02T18:40:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T18:40:16","slug":"celtic-pathways-bijou-fingers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3255","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Bijou Fingers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Bijou Fingers\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-03-02T16:55:09+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M25S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we find Celtic fingers among French jewelery.\n\n\n\nThe French word bijou means a jewel or piece of jewellry. It was borrowed from the Breton bizou (ring, jewel), which comes from biz (finger), which is ultimately comes from the Proto-Ce...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/bijoufingers.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.6\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7704\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3255-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/bijoufingers.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/bijoufingers.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/bijoufingers.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\/bijoufingers.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3255-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/bijoufingers.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"bijoufingers.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we find Celtic <strong>fingers<\/strong> among French <strong>jewelery<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/62337512@N00\/3160120344\/in\/photolist-5PfrFw-4m88N1-TXaP6Y-BcjpaR-2nv9ug2-34v7W2-8fajQC-7d87Wu-7n25Jg-7n25VZ-7d4e8v-8f73JB-8ScGGC-8S9zHr-7d4fut-8vZ2AZ-8eWWkS-2m8evzM-dPRmfs-dPKHmK-4Xg2pr-9rTmAy-uCGt1N-2pbXQ3y-2kcS5Sz-2kcS5BQ-H3QXgY-8TPMFz-2p7rCCm-2mgL23Y-RrN7Hf-2kcNfot-G1JU2E-7j232U-2kczmoU-R21c2h-8vc87G-7h7v5c-2kczkck-2kceDFz-7h7v6r-2nnpLcF-2p7stYc-5xT38W-2p6QCHi-rFAsRz-vezgrJ-rDpc1f-2oVpoPz-rpeMXX\" title=\"celtic wedding rings\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3258\/3160120344_6037d571c0_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"406\" alt=\"celtic wedding rings\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The French word <strong>bijou<\/strong> means a jewel or piece of jewellry. It was borrowed from the Breton <strong>bizou<\/strong> (ring, jewel), which comes from <strong>biz<\/strong> (finger), which is ultimately comes from the Proto-Celtic <em>*bistis<\/em> (finger), from the PIE <em>*g\u02b7ist-<\/em> (twig, finger) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/bijou#French\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Related words in the modern Celtic languages include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>bys<\/strong> [b\u0268\u02d0s \/ bi\u02d0s] = finger (of hand\/glove), toe, medium, agency, hand (of clock) or latch and <strong>byson<\/strong> = ring in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>bys<\/strong> = finger, digit, and <strong>bysow<\/strong> = ring in Cornish<\/li>\n<li><strong>biz<\/strong> [bi\u02d0s] = finger, hand (of clock), tooth (of tool), leg (of anchor), tentacle or tendril, and bizou [\u02c8bi\u02d0zu] = ring, jewel in Breton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Words from the same PIE roots possibly include <strong>kvist<\/strong> (twig, stick) in Norwegian and Swedish, and <strong>gisht<\/strong> (finger) in Albanian [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/bistis\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p>The French word <strong>bijou<\/strong> was borrowed into English and means a jewel, a piece of jewellery, a trinket, or a small intricate piece of metalwork, which are collectively called <strong>bijouterie \/ bijoutry<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/bijou#English\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Bijou<\/strong> in English can also mean small and elegant (residence), or something that is intricate or finely made. This sense comes via Sabir (Mediterranean Lingua Franca) from Occitan <strong>pichon<\/strong> (small, little), which possibly has Celtic roots: from Proto-Celtic <em>*k\u02b7ezdis<\/em> (piece, portion) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/pichon#Occitan\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p>In Polari,  a cant used in the London fishmarkets, in the British theatre, and by the gay community in the UK, <strong>bijou<\/strong> means small or little  (often implying affection), and a <strong>bijou problemette<\/strong> is a little fault or problem [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/bijou_problemette#English\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p>More about words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2020\/12\/02\/fingers\/\">Fingers and Toes<\/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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It was borrowed from the Breton bizou (ring, jewel), which comes from biz (finger), which is ultimately comes from the Proto-Ce...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/bijoufingers.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.6\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7705\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3255-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/bijoufingers.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/bijoufingers.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/bijoufingers.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\/bijoufingers.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3255-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/bijoufingers.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"bijoufingers.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we find Celtic fingers among French jewelery. The French word bijou means a jewel or piece of jewellry. It was borrowed from the Breton bizou (ring, jewel), which comes from biz (finger), which is ultimately comes from the Proto-Celtic *bistis (finger), from the PIE *g\u02b7ist- (twig, finger) [source]. Related words in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,38,122,37,20,56,23,4,11,84,154,1,94,59,30,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-albanian-shqip","category-breton","category-celtic-pathways","category-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-language","category-music","category-norwegian-norsk","category-occitan","category-podcast","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-swedish","category-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3255","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=3255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3256,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3255\/revisions\/3256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}