{"id":3857,"date":"2025-03-29T16:12:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T16:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3857"},"modified":"2025-03-29T16:14:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T16:14:20","slug":"celtic-pathways-windy-braying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3857","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Windy Braying"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Windy Braying\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-03-29T16:12:13+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M53S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we discover the flatulent Celtic roots of words for to bray and related things in English, French and other languages.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic word *bragyeti means to fart or flatulate and comes from Proto-Celtic *braxsman (fart), from Pr...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/windybraying.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"1.6\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4264\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3857-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/windybraying.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/windybraying.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/windybraying.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\/windybraying.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3857-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/windybraying.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"windybraying.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we discover the flatulent Celtic roots of words for <strong>to bray<\/strong> and related things in English, French and other languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chezdom\/3473856920\/in\/photolist-eg2gC9-6hYqCQ-cXqLwj-7XdeYZ-VVq8A7-5Koy-6CSxT-fJ5xb2-ANMne-7VKe59-6CSxE-J8QKUh-nvsj93-b7Q2Q2-b7MZQF-b7Qc8i-gwxtpU-RhiEvJ-RMRWHm-6qZMWg-2cFUasD-2oEoKXz-6qZMQP-6eooR5-d1tsYA-e4uYgv-2oKnyX-5fNnvB-b7NGNi-b7RYWP-B1Byv-b7NSvr-dTaKyQ-b7Mfnz-h6VgvR-KnfQo-22RPhMP-jHmbiZ-3Pq7Wp-dwMUmu-LAAaJq-ceHAQL-2iK1hzt-5qw3He-ceHASs-6idfec-85gFbZ-2cbAe-7Y821P-7Ybfa3\" title=\"Cacahu\u00e8te braying\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3387\/3473856920_2e36d93241_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" alt=\"Cacahu\u00e8te braying\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Proto-Celtic word <strong>*bragyeti<\/strong> means to fart or flatulate and comes from Proto-Celtic <em>*braxsman<\/em> (fart), from Proto-Indo-European <em>*b\u02b0reHg-<\/em> (to stink, smell, have a strong odour) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/bragyeti\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Related words in the modern Celtic languages include:  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>broim<\/strong> [b\u02e0\u027e\u02e0i\u02d0m\u02b2] = fart in Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>braim<\/strong> [br\u00e3\u0169m] = fart, breaking of wind in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>breim<\/strong> = fart in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>bram<\/strong> [bram] = fart, gentle puff in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>bramm<\/strong> = fart in Cornish<\/li>\n<li><strong>bramm<\/strong> [br\u00e3m\u02d0 ] = fart in Breton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more about words for <strong>fart<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages, see the Celtiadur post: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2025\/03\/29\/breaking-the-wind\/\">Breaking the Wind<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same Proto-Celtic root, Gaulish <em>*bragi\u016b<\/em> (fart) and Latin <em>bragi\u014d<\/em> (to bray, cry, weep), include <strong>(to) bray<\/strong> in English, <strong>braire<\/strong> (to bray, shout, cry, weep) and <strong>brailler<\/strong> (to shout, yell, speak very loudly) in French, and <strong>sbraitare<\/strong> (to shout, scream, yell, rant) in Italian [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Latin\/bragio\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same PIE root possibly include <strong>bra\u00f1a<\/strong> (mire, bog, fen, march, moorland) in Galician, <strong>flair<\/strong>, <strong>fragrant<\/strong> in English, <strong>flairer<\/strong> (to smell, sniff, scent, sense) in French, <strong>fragare<\/strong> (to smell) in Italian, and <strong>cheirar<\/strong> (to smell) in Portuguese [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/b%CA%B0reHg-\">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 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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; Windy Braying\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-03-29T16:12:13+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M53S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we discover the flatulent Celtic roots of words for to bray and related things in English, French and other languages.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic word *bragyeti means to fart or flatulate and comes from Proto-Celtic *braxsman (fart), from Pr...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/windybraying.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"1.6\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4265\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3857-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/windybraying.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/windybraying.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/windybraying.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\/windybraying.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3857-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/windybraying.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"windybraying.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we discover the flatulent Celtic roots of words for to bray and related things in English, French and other languages. The Proto-Celtic word *bragyeti means to fart or flatulate and comes from Proto-Celtic *braxsman (fart), from Proto-Indo-European *b\u02b0reHg- (to stink, smell, have a strong odour) [source]. Related words in the modern Celtic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,122,37,20,23,117,6,12,4,50,36,11,1,27,94,59,5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-celtic-pathways","category-cornish","category-english","category-french","category-gaulish","category-irish","category-italian","category-language","category-latin","category-manx","category-music","category-podcast","category-portuguese","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-scottish-gaelic","category-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3857","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=3857"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3861,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3857\/revisions\/3861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}