{"id":3489,"date":"2024-08-03T13:33:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T13:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3489"},"modified":"2024-08-03T14:41:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T14:41:50","slug":"celtic-pathways-boring-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3489","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Boring Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Boring Tools\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-08-03T13:33:51+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M45S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we're drilling down to find the possibly Celtic roots of words for drill, auger and related tools in some Romance languages.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic word *taratrom means auger and comes from the Proto-Indo-European *t\u00e9rh\u2081trom (tool for dr...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/boringtools.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"3.0\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4540\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3489-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/boringtools.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/boringtools.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/boringtools.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\/boringtools.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3489-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/boringtools.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"boringtools.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we&#8217;re drilling down to find the possibly Celtic roots of words for <strong>drill<\/strong>, <strong>auger<\/strong> and related tools in some Romance languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/aucklandmuseum_collections\/51360395283\/in\/photolist-vWM3Br-vWCKwE-wbWpNQ-vhem6S-9ecfTU-5rPZrq-ocwdmb-2mfxs9B-5rKzua-pHqdQA-otP43q-2peo3fC-ocwmck-vDd9pZ-ocwtjA-ocwmGD-ou24in-ou21Ri-ocwfdh-ocxubn-orZbxE-ocwoGR-orZa47-ocww5q-ocxrPZ-ocweCu-ou22cP-8KReon-8KUigA-8KRezg-8KRdQZ-8KUhJj-8KRe1K-8KRgs2-weGJQx-weGwCM-3aEyCZ-2iBmtR-2iANbT-2iBmiH-57ZsJH-8KUjdJ-Dm9eQ-8KUkmE-2iFKjj-8KReX8-8KRfRV-8KUiEA-2iFK9L-584HrG\" title=\"Auger, shipwright&#x27;s (x8)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51360395283_41aa3ac6a4_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Auger, shipwright&#x27;s (x8)\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Proto-Celtic word <strong>*taratrom<\/strong> means auger and comes from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*t\u00e9rh\u2081trom<\/em> (tool for drilling), from <em> *terh\u2081-<\/em> (to rub, turn, drill, pierce) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/taratrom\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p>Related words in the modern Celtic languages include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>tarathar<\/strong> = auger in Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>tora<\/strong> [t\u0254r\u0259] = auger, gimble, gimlet in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>tarrar<\/strong> = drill in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>taradr<\/strong> [\u02c8taradr] = auger, drill, borer, awl, gimlet in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>tarder<\/strong> = drill in Cornish<\/li>\n<li><strong>tarar<\/strong> [\u02c8t\u0251\u02d0.rar] = augur, chignole (<em>a hand drill<\/em>), shipworm (<em>mollusk<\/em>) in Breton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Words that possibly come from the same Celtic roots, via Gaulish <strong>taratron<\/strong> (auger) and Late Latin <em>taratrum<\/em>, include <strong>taradre<\/strong> (to bore) in Catalan, <strong>trade<\/strong> (auger) in Galician,  <strong>taladro<\/strong> (drill) in Spanish and <strong>tari\u00e8re<\/strong> (auger) in French [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Galician_words_of_Celtic_origin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same PIE roots include <strong>thread<\/strong>, <strong>thresh<\/strong>, <strong>trout<\/strong> and <strong>throw<\/strong> in English, <strong>settentrione <\/strong> (north) in Italian, <strong>t\u0159\u00edt<\/strong> (to rub) in Czech, and <strong>drehen<\/strong> (to turn) in German [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/terh%E2%82%81-\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, an <strong>auger<\/strong> is a carpenter&#8217;s tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet (a small screw-tipped tool for boring holes); a plumber&#8217;s snake (a plumbing tool for removing obstructions from pipes); a tool used to bore holes in the ground, or a hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/auger#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>In Middle English it was <em>a nauger<\/em> [\u0259 \u02c8nau\u032f\u0261\u0259r], which was rebracketed as <strong>an auger<\/strong> in modern English. It comes from Old English <em>nafug\u0101r<\/em> (nave drill, lit. &#8220;nave spear&#8221;) &#8211; <strong>nave<\/strong> refers to the hub of a wheel and not the body of a church, and is related to <strong>navel<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/auger#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The <em>g\u0101r<\/em> part of <em>nafug\u0101r<\/em> means spear, arrow or dart, and is possibly the root of the <strong>ger<\/strong> part of my surname <strong>Ager<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.surnamedb.com\/Surname\/Ager\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><strong>Auger<\/strong> should not be confused with <strong>augur<\/strong>, which refers to a diviner who foretells events by observing the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences. In ancient Rome, an <strong>augur<\/strong> was an official who interpreted omens before the start of public events [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/augur#English\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p>More about words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2024\/08\/02\/drills-augers\/\">Drills &#038; Augers<\/a> and related tools in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p>The theme tune for this episode is one I wrote in 2017 called <strong>The Clockwork Octopus \/ Yr Wythdroed Clocwaith<\/strong>. You can hear a longer version here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/325504918&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/simon-ager\" title=\"Simon Ager\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Simon Ager<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/simon-ager\/the-clockwork-octopus\" title=\"The Clockwork Octopus \/ Yr Wythdroed Clocwaith\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">The Clockwork Octopus \/ Yr Wythdroed Clocwaith<\/a><\/div>\n<p>You can find more connections between Celtic languages on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/\">Celtiadur blog<\/a>. I also write about words, etymology and other language-related topics on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/\">Omniglot Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Radio Omniglot podcasts are brought to you in association with <a href=\"https:\/\/blubrry.com\/services\/podcast-hosting\/?code=omniglot\">Blubrry Podcast Hosting<\/a>, a great place to host your podcasts. 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; Boring Tools\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-08-03T13:33:51+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M45S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we're drilling down to find the possibly Celtic roots of words for drill, auger and related tools in some Romance languages.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic word *taratrom means auger and comes from the Proto-Indo-European *t\u00e9rh\u2081trom (tool for dr...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/boringtools.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"3.0\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4541\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3489-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/boringtools.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/boringtools.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/boringtools.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\/boringtools.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3489-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/boringtools.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"boringtools.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we&#8217;re drilling down to find the possibly Celtic roots of words for drill, auger and related tools in some Romance languages. The Proto-Celtic word *taratrom means auger and comes from the Proto-Indo-European *t\u00e9rh\u2081trom (tool for drilling), from *terh\u2081- (to rub, turn, drill, pierce) [source]. Related words in the modern Celtic languages include: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,115,122,37,33,20,56,23,143,117,24,6,12,4,50,36,58,11,55,1,94,59,5,28,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-catalan-catala","category-celtic-pathways","category-cornish","category-czech","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-galician-galego","category-gaulish","category-german","category-irish","category-italian","category-language","category-latin","category-manx","category-middle-english","category-music","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-podcast","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-scottish-gaelic","category-spanish","category-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3489","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=3489"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3495,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3489\/revisions\/3495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}