{"id":3547,"date":"2024-09-14T16:49:52","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T16:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3547"},"modified":"2024-09-14T16:49:52","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T16:49:52","slug":"celtic-pathways-leather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3547","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Leather"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Leather\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-09-14T16:49:52+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M12S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nThe Irish word leathar and the Welsh word lledr both mean leather, and various other things. You might think that they were borrowed from English, but in fact the English word leather might ultimately come from a Proto-Celtic word, via Middle and O...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/leather.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.4\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_634\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3547-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/leather.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/leather.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/leather.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\/leather.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3547-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/leather.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"leather.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/26344495@N05\/49482716781\/in\/photolist-9EhaSZ-2nRo2Jt-fysKT5-2Zih9j-2ncnkV1-8zynPE-2jHXay6-eghGKd-2hZUEKR-2nKtjTW-5zQHdK-2ioBRKk-e2imZK-2k2wZ3D-6bgL5M-QaEGra-e2CT14-fLuxJJ-2mKBw8u-v6bA6D-DGXXFU-9ciir6-CmscSD-egbXuF-2hffuWX-eaYdEf-2kYMffN-JQtjp7-nfNtKm-uNAJbJ-D7qg1n-e1LmBh-2144hsf-6xanNq-2hp8gt8-g2Uwvf-bpsKh8-2p9Q3Sv-2koeNCw-4RiRoq-6xanNh-2bCjKLM-2hgkJ5i-4ZcFZ4-2hfftdX-dieQmw-Zo7s-2j8TZ2R-zoX1a-2j8HgGn\" title=\"Close-up of a leather sole  on a shoe form\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49482716781_f4e0ba9873_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Close-up of a leather sole  on a shoe form\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Irish word <strong>leathar<\/strong> and the Welsh word <strong>lledr<\/strong> both mean leather, and various other things. You might think that they were borrowed from English, but in fact the English word <strong>leather<\/strong> might ultimately come from a Proto-Celtic word, via Middle and Old English and Proto-Germanic [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/leather#English\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p>The Proto-Celtic word for leather or hide was <strong>*(\u0278)letros<\/strong>, which comes from Proto-Indo-European <em>*p\u00e9ltrom<\/em>, from <em>*pel-<\/em> (to cover, to wrap, skin, hide, cloth) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/letros\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p>Related words in the modern Celtic languages include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>leathar<\/strong> [\u02c8l\u0320\u02b2ah\u0259\u027e\u02e0] = skin, hide, leather in Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>leathar<\/strong> [l\u032a\u02b2\u025bh\u0259r] = leather, leathery in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>l(h)iare<\/strong> = leather in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>lledr<\/strong> [\u026c\u025bdr\/\u02c8\u026ce\u02d0d\u025br] = leather, parchment, vellum, skin, hide in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>ledher<\/strong> = leather in Cornish<\/li>\n<li><strong>l\u00ear<\/strong> [l\u025b\u02d0r] = leather in Breton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Proto-Germanic word <em>*le\u00fer\u0105<\/em> [\u02c8le.\u03b8r\u0251\u0303] (leather), which was possibly was borrowed from Proto-Celtic, and from these roots we get words such as <strong>leather<\/strong> in English, <strong>leer<\/strong> (leather) in Dutch, <strong>Leder<\/strong> (leather, suede, hide) in German, <strong>l\u00e6der<\/strong> (leather) in Danish, and <strong>l\u00e4der<\/strong> (leather, suede) in Swedish [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic\/le%C3%BEr%C4%85\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same PIE root include <strong>pall<\/strong>, <strong>pelt<\/strong>, <strong>camouflage<\/strong> and <strong>film<\/strong> in English; <strong>plena<\/strong> (membrane) in Czech; <strong>piel<\/strong> (skin, fur) in Spanish, <strong>plah<\/strong> (to cover, veil) in Albanian, and <strong>pall<\/strong> (cloak, curtain, covering, tent) in Welsh [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/pel-\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>See the Celtiadur post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2024\/09\/10\/leathery-hide\/\">Leathery Hide<\/a> for more details of words for leather 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>. 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; Leather\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-09-14T16:49:52+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M12S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nThe Irish word leathar and the Welsh word lledr both mean leather, and various other things. You might think that they were borrowed from English, but in fact the English word leather might ultimately come from a Proto-Celtic word, via Middle and O...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/leather.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.4\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_635\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3547-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/leather.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/leather.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/leather.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\/leather.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3547-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/leather.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"leather.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>The Irish word leathar and the Welsh word lledr both mean leather, and various other things. You might think that they were borrowed from English, but in fact the English word leather might ultimately come from a Proto-Celtic word, via Middle and Old English and Proto-Germanic [source]. The Proto-Celtic word for leather or hide was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,38,122,37,33,31,47,20,56,24,6,4,36,58,11,55,1,94,57,59,5,28,30,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-albanian-shqip","category-breton","category-celtic-pathways","category-cornish","category-czech","category-danish","category-dutch","category-english","category-etymology","category-german","category-irish","category-language","category-manx","category-middle-english","category-music","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-podcast","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-germanic","category-proto-indo-european","category-scottish-gaelic","category-spanish","category-swedish","category-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3547","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=3547"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3549,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3547\/revisions\/3549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}