{"id":3782,"date":"2025-02-15T16:31:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T16:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3782"},"modified":"2025-02-15T16:31:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T16:31:58","slug":"celtic-pathways-gulls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3782","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Gulls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Gulls\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-02-15T16:31:58+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M14S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we discover the possible Celtic roots of English and French words for seagull.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic word *wailann\u0101 means seagull, and possibly comes from the Proto-Indo-European *w\u00e1y (oh! ah! woe! alas!), and maybe related to *waylos (...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/gulls.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.5\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4007\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3782-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/gulls.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/gulls.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/gulls.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\/gulls.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3782-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/gulls.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"gulls.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we discover the possible Celtic roots of English and French words for <strong>seagull<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/8669890780\/in\/photolist-CK25VS-CK27Kd-CK28Ab-CK2bh3-FUqCZZ-FUqDKr-RnJ5aY-VmySKU-WzcBBq-WQihiY-Xeg1VF-Xeg49Z-XFjAgk-XVbVC5-Ybi4Te-YfJGDe-YRhzKA-ZLgxUY-ZLgzc7-ZLgDqN-ZLgFxU-ZQZeZg-23DSofy-2hfkDSr-2jEus7W-nwQjkH-Q9JBGu-Qcx3CB-ed8stw\" title=\"Gulls\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8263\/8669890780_4edd1de330_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Gulls\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Proto-Celtic word <strong>*wailann\u0101<\/strong> means seagull, and possibly comes from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*w\u00e1y<\/em> (oh! ah! woe! alas!), and maybe related to <em>*waylos<\/em> (howler, wolf) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/wailann%C4%81\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Related words in the modern Celtic languages include:  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>faoile\u00e1n<\/strong> = gull, seagull in Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>faoileann<\/strong> [f\u026f\u02d0l\u0259n\u032a\u02e0] = gull, seagull, common gull in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>foillan<\/strong> = gull, seagull in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>gwylan<\/strong> [\u02c8\u0261\u028a\u0268\u032flan \/ \u02c8\u0261\u028ai\u032flan] = sea-gull, fair maiden, glutton in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>golan<\/strong> [\u02c8\u0261o\u02d0lan \/ \u02c8\u0261\u028al\u0250n] = gull, seagull in Cornish<\/li>\n<li><strong>gouelan<\/strong> [\u02c8\u0261we\u02d0l\u00e3n] = seagull in Breton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more about words for <strong>gulls<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages, see the Celtiadur post: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2020\/08\/15\/gulls\/\">Gulls<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The English word <strong>gull<\/strong> comes from Middle English <strong>gulle<\/strong> (gull, water bird), which was probably borrowed from a Brythonic language (Welsh or Cornish) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/gull#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The French word <strong>go\u00e9land<\/strong> [\u0261\u0254.e.l\u0251\u0303] (gull, herring gull) was borrowed from Middle Breton <strong>goelan<\/strong> (gull, seagull) in the 15th century [<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/go%C3%A9land\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>A more common French word for (sea)gull is <strong>mouette<\/strong> [mw\u025bt], which comes from Middle French <em>mouette<\/em> (seagull) from Old French <em>moette<\/em> (seagull), from <em>maoe<\/em> (seagull), from Old English <em>m\u01e3w<\/em> (seagull) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/kelh%E2%82%82-\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p>The Old Englsh word <em>m\u01e3w<\/em>, comes from Proto-Germanic <em>*maiwiz<\/em> (seagull), from a non-Indo-European substrate, or is of imitative origin. It&#8217;s also found in Middle English as <em>mewe<\/em> (gull, seagull), in the archaic \/ dialectal English word <strong>mew<\/strong> (gull, seagull), in Dutch as <strong>meeuw<\/strong> (seagull), and in German as <strong>M\u00f6we<\/strong> (seagull) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/m%C3%A6w#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; Gulls\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-02-15T16:31:58+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M14S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we discover the possible Celtic roots of English and French words for seagull.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic word *wailann\u0101 means seagull, and possibly comes from the Proto-Indo-European *w\u00e1y (oh! ah! woe! alas!), and maybe related to *waylos (...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/gulls.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.5\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4008\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3782-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/gulls.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/gulls.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/gulls.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\/gulls.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3782-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/gulls.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"gulls.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we discover the possible Celtic roots of English and French words for seagull. The Proto-Celtic word *wailann\u0101 means seagull, and possibly comes from the Proto-Indo-European *w\u00e1y (oh! ah! woe! alas!), and maybe related to *waylos (howler, wolf) [source]. Related words in the modern Celtic languages include: faoile\u00e1n = gull, seagull in Irish [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,122,37,47,20,56,23,24,6,4,36,58,140,11,55,1,94,57,59,5,7],"tags":[139,90,208,9,15,88,8,209,103],"class_list":["post-3782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-celtic-pathways","category-cornish","category-dutch","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-german","category-irish","category-language","category-manx","category-middle-english","category-middle-french","category-music","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-podcast","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-germanic","category-proto-indo-european","category-scottish-gaelic","category-welsh","tag-celtic","tag-etymology","tag-gulls","tag-language","tag-music","tag-omniglot","tag-podcast","tag-seagulls","tag-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3782","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=3782"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3788,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3782\/revisions\/3788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}