{"id":3391,"date":"2024-05-25T12:14:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T12:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3391"},"modified":"2024-05-25T12:14:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T12:14:07","slug":"celtic-pathways-bills-and-gouges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3391","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Bills and Gouges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Bills and Gouges\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-05-25T12:14:07+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we find connections between Celtic bills and beaks, and chisels and gouges in other languages.\n\n\n\nA gouge [\u0261a\u028ad\u0292] is a chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc. \n\nThe word come...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/bills.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5857\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3391-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/bills.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/bills.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/bills.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\/bills.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3391-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/bills.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"bills.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we find connections between Celtic bills and beaks, and chisels and gouges in other languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/24931020@N02\/16030742350\/in\/photolist-qqzKcu-dRp87D-5FSU8t-5FXas9-2oX9eTt-eb6VpV-35tA-7iU7Qe-7iU6VD-Lvb6h-2nf8QzS-6GuWCQ-67ptk-7BmYi1-7BmW6w-8x2Juf-79EkmH-67S3ZY-47Bpvn-2jyVN7p-KZTDXd-4nF3r7-ot3EBU-iKR5wi-5d38bT-9oV5MW-6Y7WZB-4mGs4P-8XwdUK-8XwedX-fF8Ywu-bt8HGG-qHBoJh-BbmrX-782gkb-2nt2yrM-7BNig2-RrrMpE-2pzAhHj-55tWbi-55tWiR-2e4UMZj-FqBh7j-2otME7u-2ndZstf-2pH2z5K-hzz9j-UgjyLR-48FmHr-9SSJPo\" title=\"Chisels\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7520\/16030742350_76340ce974_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"493\" alt=\"Chisels\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A <strong>gouge<\/strong> [\u0261a\u028ad\u0292] is a chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc. <\/p>\n<p>The word comes from Middle English <strong>gouge<\/strong> (gouge), from Old French <em>gouge<\/em> (gouge), from Late Latin <em>goia \/ gu(l)bia<\/em> (chisel, piercer), from Gaulish <em>*gulbi\u0101<\/em> (beak, bill), from Proto-Celtic <em>*gulb\u0101 \/ *gulb\u012bnos<\/em> (beak, bill) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/gouge#English\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p>Related words in the modern Celtic languages include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>gulba<\/strong> = beak, bill, tip, point, projection in Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>gulb<\/strong> [gul\u032a\u02e0ub] = beak, nose in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>gylf<\/strong> = sharp point, knife, bird&#8217;s beak or snout in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>gelvin<\/strong> = beak, bill in Cornish<\/li>\n<li><strong>gwlib<\/strong> = curlew, whimbrel (?) in Breton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other words from the same Proto-Celtic roots, via Gaulish and Latin, include <strong>gulbia<\/strong> (gouge) in Galician, <strong>gubia<\/strong> (gouge) in Spanish, <strong>gorbia<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/ferrule#English\">ferrule*<\/a>) in Italian [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/gulbia\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>*A <strong>ferrule<\/strong> is band or cap (usually metal) placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/ferrule#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/thomas-h\/6821465873\/in\/photolist-aqav3K-rStL6X-boMN9z-81FYgq-8RFjBX-8RJrX1-8RFjun-8RG5MR-8RKcDu-8RG5UX\" title=\"Field Notes Woodgrain Pencil 6-Pack\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7157\/6821465873_7b02424782_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Field Notes Woodgrain Pencil 6-Pack\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, the word <strong>chisel<\/strong> comes from Old Northern French <em>c(h)isel<\/em> (cutting tool, chisel), from <em>cisoir<\/em> (cutting tool), from Late Latin <em>c\u012bs\u014drium<\/em> (cutting instrument), from Latin <em>caed\u014d<\/em> (to cut, hew, fell), from Proto-Italic <em>*kaid\u014d<\/em>, from PIE <em>*kh\u2082eyd-<\/em> (to cut, hew) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/chisel#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same roots include <strong>cement<\/strong>, <strong>concise<\/strong>, <strong>decide<\/strong>, <strong>excise<\/strong>, <strong>hit<\/strong>, <strong>incision<\/strong>, <strong>precise<\/strong> and <strong>scissors<\/strong> in English; and <strong>hitta<\/strong> (to find, locate) in Swedish [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/kh%E2%82%82eyd-\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>More about words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2023\/07\/22\/beaks-and-snouts\/\">Beaks and Snouts<\/a> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p>You can find more connections 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A gouge [\u0261a\u028ad\u0292] is a chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc. The word comes from Middle English gouge (gouge), from Old French gouge (gouge), from Late [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,122,37,20,143,117,6,12,4,50,58,11,109,1,94,59,133,5,28,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-celtic-pathways","category-cornish","category-english","category-galician-galego","category-gaulish","category-irish","category-italian","category-language","category-latin","category-middle-english","category-music","category-old-french-franceis","category-podcast","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-proto-italic","category-scottish-gaelic","category-spanish","category-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3391","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=3391"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3393,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3391\/revisions\/3393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}