{"id":3642,"date":"2024-11-09T21:07:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T21:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3642"},"modified":"2024-11-11T14:20:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T14:20:57","slug":"celtic-pathways-grinding-pebbles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3642","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Grinding Pebbles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Grinding Pebbles\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-11-09T21:07:01+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M23S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode of the Celtic Pathways podcast, we discover the possible Celtic roots of words for gravel in English and other languages.\n\n\n\nGravel [\u02c8\u0261\u0279\u00e6v\u0259l] is small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballas...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/grindingpebbles.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.0\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9686\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3642-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/grindingpebbles.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/grindingpebbles.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/grindingpebbles.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\/grindingpebbles.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3642-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/grindingpebbles.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"grindingpebbles.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode of the Celtic Pathways podcast, we discover the possible Celtic roots of words for <strong>gravel<\/strong> in English and other languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/darinmarshall\/12547168\/in\/photolist-27iQu-BmtWKw-cPWUsu-piaWrC-5fJiLD-5fJim4-a8Q7CG-bMcxv6-ftVV8L-gNivNy-bbwU1g-h6AJ1U-9mxe4n-42WtR-fyw8qx-8p5y4j-dfZV1Q-6Qv7rN-kYvcpk-cdVSiL-byhS6s-8J54Nt-49YCvc-4qSWLV-5MVDUm-nEbaoR-6jWL38-gv3eJ-73iGzN-9AXiUS-nWDLWH-KnCR-5a56Qm-uPeD9-J3Mn5-nEamcu-cbASx1-s2P5CW-86diCA-cVvnRf-59Kyy7-Huins-6q94iJ-8vYm4N-2quR9-LEGRU-96t7o8-4LzQTS-j8N3wP-9zUErP\" title=\"Roof Gravel\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/10\/12547168_adadb92964_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"470\" alt=\"Roof Gravel\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gravel<\/strong> [\u02c8\u0261\u0279\u00e6v\u0259l] is small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast, and other things (other meanings are available).<\/p>\n<p>It comes from Middle English <strong>gravel \/ gravail(le)<\/strong> (sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles), from Old French <em>gravele<\/em> (gravel), a diminutive of <em>grave<\/em> (gravel, seashore), from Medieval Latin <em>grava<\/em>, possibly from Gaulish <em>grava<\/em>, from Proto-Celtic <em>gr\u0101w\u0101<\/em> (gravel, pebbles), from Proto-Indo-European <em>*g\u02b0roh\u2081weh\u2082<\/em>, from <em>*g\u02b0reh\u2081w-<\/em> (to grind) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/gravel#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same Proto-Celtic roots in the modern Celtic languages include <strong>gro<\/strong> (gravel, shingle, gravelly shore, strand) in Welsh, <strong>grow<\/strong> (gravel) in Cornish, and <strong>grouan<\/strong> (gravel) in Breton [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/gr%C4%81w%C4%81\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>For more details of words for <strong>gravel<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages, see the Celtiadur post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2024\/11\/11\/gritty-gravel\/\">Gritty Gravel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same Proto-Celtic roots in the non-Celtic languages include <strong>grava<\/strong> (gravel) in Catalan, <strong>gr\u00e8ve<\/strong> (flat, sandy land along the sea or a large river) in French, <strong>grava<\/strong> (gravel) in Spanish, and <strong>grave<\/strong> (gravel, shore, gravelly ground) in Occitan [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/gr%C4%81w%C4%81\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same PIE roots in other languages include: <strong>grit<\/strong>, <strong>groat<\/strong>,  <strong>grout<\/strong> and <strong>gruel<\/strong> in English, <strong>Grie\u00df<\/strong> (semolina) in German, <strong>grj\u00f3t<\/strong> (coarse stones, rubble) in Icelandic, <strong>gryt<\/strong> (a badger&#8217;s sett, a fox&#8217;s den) in Swedish, <strong>riutta<\/strong> (reef) in Finnish, and <strong>gr\u00faodas<\/strong> (frozen mud or earth) in Lithuanian [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic\/greut%C4%85\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, one Old English word for gravel was <em>\u010beosol<\/em> [\u02c8t\u0283eo.sol], which comes from Proto-West-Germanic <em>*kesul<\/em> (small stone, pebble). This became <strong>chisel<\/strong> and <strong>chessil<\/strong> (gravel or pebbles) in modern English, and is cognate with <strong>Kiesel<\/strong> (pebble) in German, <strong>kiezel<\/strong> (pebble, flint, silicon) in Dutch, and <strong>kisel<\/strong> (silicon) in Swedish  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/ceosol#Old_English\">source<\/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; Grinding Pebbles\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-11-09T21:07:01+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M23S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode of the Celtic Pathways podcast, we discover the possible Celtic roots of words for gravel in English and other languages.\n\n\n\nGravel [\u02c8\u0261\u0279\u00e6v\u0259l] is small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballas...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/grindingpebbles.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.0\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9687\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3642-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/grindingpebbles.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/grindingpebbles.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/grindingpebbles.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\/grindingpebbles.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3642-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/grindingpebbles.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"grindingpebbles.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode of the Celtic Pathways podcast, we discover the possible Celtic roots of words for gravel in English and other languages. Gravel [\u02c8\u0261\u0279\u00e6v\u0259l] is small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast, and other things (other meanings are available). It comes from Middle English [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,115,122,37,47,20,56,125,23,117,24,29,4,50,156,58,154,55,109,1,94,59,119,28,30,7],"tags":[139,90,9,167,88,103],"class_list":["post-3642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-catalan-catala","category-celtic-pathways","category-cornish","category-dutch","category-english","category-etymology","category-finnish-suomi","category-french","category-gaulish","category-german","category-icelandic","category-language","category-latin","category-lithuanian-lietuviu-kalba","category-middle-english","category-occitan","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-old-french-franceis","category-podcast","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-proto-west-germanic","category-spanish","category-swedish","category-welsh","tag-celtic","tag-etymology","tag-language","tag-linguistics","tag-omniglot","tag-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3642","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=3642"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3657,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3642\/revisions\/3657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}