{"id":3836,"date":"2025-03-15T17:24:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T17:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3836"},"modified":"2025-03-15T17:31:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T17:31:36","slug":"celtic-pathways-soot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3836","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Sooty Soot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Sooty Soot\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-03-15T17:24:20+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M38S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we discover the possible Celtic roots of words for soot in English, French and various other languages.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic word *s\u016bdy\u0101 means soot and comes from Proto-Indo-European *suh\u2083d- (soot [?]), or from sed- (to sit) [source].\n...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/soot.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"1.3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7955\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3836-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/soot.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/soot.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/soot.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\/soot.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3836-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/soot.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"soot.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we discover the possible Celtic roots of words for <strong>soot<\/strong> in English, French and various other languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/112261457@N06\/33398368658\/in\/photolist-STinqo-rhtLns-3zST4N-ZQKjEN-FYFEaF-rc2XP-cWg4yh-5N4HUM-8MQyG-r4xL96-3gKWnK-bXdyCx-8mPt11-2icdrms-2o5t4Fv-2jAmL2D-96MEHr-8kxCq4-RD8DE5-6hKwm-2mrYiS4-aMmhPe-aEHEEY-2kQce4L-cRTwyY-wCcoe-bGP358-5Z2Anw-2icbfBL-dXkZ7c-FLWER6-ZvPDXA-2gnW1fU-2qtJLWe-2ktoevy-2kfynGR-5YXj5z-kiQE3r-UT91Tu-uioey-2onwm66-2mwK2QD-2ms5mCe-2mrZzcE-2qsSAFc-2ontA2E-2pUapfy-s8V3zd-28i8yuK-pZdYzi\" title=\"Anybody else smell smoke??\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7903\/33398368658_d79cd4108b_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Anybody else smell smoke??\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Proto-Celtic word <strong>*s\u016bdy\u0101<\/strong> means soot and comes from Proto-Indo-European <em>*suh\u2083d-<\/em> (soot [?]), or from <em>sed-<\/em> (to sit) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/huddygl#Welsh\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Related words in the modern Celtic languages include:  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>s\u00faiche<\/strong>  [\u02c8s\u02e0u\u02d0\u00e7\u026a] = soot in Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>s\u00f9ith<\/strong> [su\u02d0j] = soot in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>sooie<\/strong> = smut, soot in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>huddygl<\/strong> [\u02c8h\u0268\u031e\u00f0\u0268\u031e\u0261l \/ \u02c8h\u026a\u00f0\u026a\u0261l] = soot in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>hudhygel<\/strong> = soot in Cornish<\/li>\n<li><strong>huzil<\/strong> [\u02c8hy\u02d0(z)il] = soot in Breton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more about words for <strong>soot<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages, see the Celtiadur post: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2025\/03\/15\/soot\/\">Soot<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same Proto-Celtic root, via Gaulish <em>*s\u016bdi\u0101<\/em> (soot [?]), include <strong>sutge<\/strong> (soot) in Catalan, <strong>suie<\/strong> (soot) in French, and maybe <strong>soot<\/strong> in English, <strong>sot<\/strong> (soot) in Swedish, <strong>sadza<\/strong> (soot) in Polish, <strong>\u0441\u0430\u0436\u0430<\/strong> (sa\u017ea \u2013 soot) in Russian, and <strong>saze<\/strong> (soot) in Czech [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/s%C5%ABdy%C4%81\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, another Welsh word for soot is <strong>fflacs<\/strong>, which refers specifically to soot blown down a chimney on a windy day [<a href=\"https:\/\/welsh-dictionary.ac.uk\/gpc\/gpc.html\">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; Sooty Soot\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-03-15T17:24:20+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M38S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we discover the possible Celtic roots of words for soot in English, French and various other languages.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic word *s\u016bdy\u0101 means soot and comes from Proto-Indo-European *suh\u2083d- (soot [?]), or from sed- (to sit) [source].\n...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/soot.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"1.3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7956\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3836-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/soot.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/soot.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/soot.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\/soot.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3836-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/soot.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"soot.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we discover the possible Celtic roots of words for soot in English, French and various other languages. The Proto-Celtic word *s\u016bdy\u0101 means soot and comes from Proto-Indo-European *suh\u2083d- (soot [?]), or from sed- (to sit) [source]. Related words in the modern Celtic languages include: s\u00faiche [\u02c8s\u02e0u\u02d0\u00e7\u026a] = soot in Irish s\u00f9ith [su\u02d0j] [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,115,122,37,33,20,56,23,117,6,4,36,11,1,63,94,59,32,5,30,7],"tags":[139,90,14,9,167,15,88,8,217,103],"class_list":["post-3836","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-gaulish","category-irish","category-language","category-manx","category-music","category-podcast","category-polish-polski","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-russian","category-scottish-gaelic","category-swedish","category-welsh","tag-celtic","tag-etymology","tag-gaelic","tag-language","tag-linguistics","tag-music","tag-omniglot","tag-podcast","tag-soot","tag-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3836","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=3836"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3844,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3836\/revisions\/3844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}