{"id":3596,"date":"2024-10-12T13:00:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T13:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3596"},"modified":"2024-10-12T13:00:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T13:00:54","slug":"celtic-pathways-garters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3596","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Garters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Garters\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-10-12T13:00:54+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M07S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode, we discover the Celtic roots of words for garter in English and French.\n\n\n\nThe English word garter refers to a band around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking. It comes from Old Northern French gartier (garter), from Old French gar...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/garters.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4886\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3596-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/garters.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/garters.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/garters.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\/garters.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3596-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/garters.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"garters.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode, we discover the Celtic roots of words for <strong>garter<\/strong> in English and French.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/quinnanya\/4221450568\/in\/photolist-7r33bu-h9yGa-2oLr524-8NXCpB-7zoLZC-7zjZRV-6haL62-4MAvw1-bsqmR3-8auYn7-5nWWd9-8uD8jF-2q1qAro-bUAsqk-cbXFMU-km4Ve-ncwdq-eQ9Mu2-PXKfb-cbXFBo-oxRTYh-fht2dS-89h9FC-rpurih-KTUD-2wi7cA-aanjLD-quMPjo-LXqVK2-4GvbJz-cpUjwf-eQ9MH6-J96J7-8a8XkB-cceybE-6DrCgc-2m1yLV3-FhXMm9-aC3FVy-AtWsTX-XvgWRL-2fP4wEA-75HxjK-5uPVpU-FzGbj-bEYrji-cpUhZw-bUSiFF-Dc6oCd-ic5tm\" title=\"Garter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4013\/4221450568_3e2c92cddf_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Garter\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The English word <strong>garter<\/strong> refers to a band around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking. It comes from Old Northern French <em>gartier<\/em> (garter), from Old French <em>garet<\/em> (knee, leg), from Vulgar Latin <em>*garra<\/em> (shank, calf), from Gaulish <em>*garr\u0101<\/em> (leg), from Proto-Celtic <em>*garros<\/em> (calf, shank), possibly from PIE <em>*\u01f5\u02b0es-<\/em> (hand, to take) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/garter#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words in the modern Celtic languages from the same Proto-Celtic root include: <strong>gar<\/strong> [\u0261ar] (leg, shank, thigh, ham) in Welsh, <strong>garr<\/strong> [\u0261ar\u02d0\/\u0261\u0252r] (leg, stem) in Cornish, and <strong>gar<\/strong> [\u0261\u0251\u02d0r] (leg, paw) in Breton [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/garros\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same Proto-Celtic root in other languages include: <strong>jarret<\/strong> (hock) and <strong>jarreti\u00e8re<\/strong> (garter) in French, and possibly <strong>garra<\/strong> (claw, talon, hand, paw, spirit) in Spanish, and <strong>garra<\/strong> (shank, tail, claw) in Catalan [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Latin\/garra\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p>Words from the same PIE root include <strong>chiropractor<\/strong>, <strong>million<\/strong> and <strong>surgeon<\/strong> in English; <strong>dor\u00eb<\/strong> (hand) in Albanian; <strong>pa\u017ee<\/strong> (arm) in Czech, and <strong>pa\u017eastis<\/strong> (armpit) in Lithuanian [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/%C7%B5%CA%B0es-\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chiropractor<\/strong> comes from Ancient Greek  <em>\u03c7\u03b5\u03af\u03c1<\/em> (khe\u00edr &#8211; hand) &#038; <em>\u03c0\u03c1\u1fb6\u03be\u03b9\u03c2<\/em> (pr\u00e2xis &#8211; action, activity, practice) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/chiropractor\">source<\/a>]; <strong>million<\/strong> comes ultimately from the PIE root <em>*\u01f5\u02b0\u00e9slom<\/em> (thousand) or literally &#8220;full hand&#8221; [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/%C7%B5%CA%B0%C3%A9slom\">source<\/a>]; and <strong>surgeon<\/strong> comes from Ancient Greek <em>\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03b3\u03cc\u03c2<\/em> (kheirourg\u00f3s &#8211; craftsman, surgeon), from <em>\u03c7\u03b5\u03af\u03c1<\/em> (khe\u00edr &#8211; hand) &#038; <em>\u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03bd<\/em> (\u00e9rgon &#8211; work) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/surgeon#English\">source<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, the English word <strong>hock<\/strong>  [h\u0252k\/h\u0251k] (also written <strong>hough<\/strong>) can refer to the hollow behind the knee, the tarsal joint of an animal such as a horse or pig, and the meat from that part of an animal. It&#8217;s also the name of a type of wine from the Hochheim region of Germany [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/hock#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>See the Celtiadur post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2018\/11\/17\/legs-feet\/\">Legs &#038; Feet<\/a> for more details of words for <strong>shank<\/strong>, <strong>calf<\/strong>, <strong>leg<\/strong>, <strong>foot<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages. 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; Garters\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-10-12T13:00:54+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M07S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode, we discover the Celtic roots of words for garter in English and French.\n\n\n\nThe English word garter refers to a band around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking. It comes from Old Northern French gartier (garter), from Old French gar...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/garters.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4887\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3596-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/garters.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/garters.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/garters.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\/garters.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3596-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/garters.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"garters.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode, we discover the Celtic roots of words for garter in English and French. The English word garter refers to a band around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking. It comes from Old Northern French gartier (garter), from Old French garet (knee, leg), from Vulgar Latin *garra (shank, calf), from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,97,38,115,122,37,33,20,56,23,117,4,50,156,11,109,1,94,59,28,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-albanian-shqip","category-ancient-greek-","category-breton","category-catalan-catala","category-celtic-pathways","category-cornish","category-czech","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-gaulish","category-language","category-latin","category-lithuanian-lietuviu-kalba","category-music","category-old-french-franceis","category-podcast","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-spanish","category-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3596","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=3596"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3601,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3596\/revisions\/3601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}