{"id":3889,"date":"2025-04-26T01:12:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T01:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3889"},"modified":"2025-04-26T13:32:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T13:32:19","slug":"celtic-pathways-floors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3889","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Floors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Floors\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-04-26T01:12:00+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M55S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we unearth the possible Celtic roots of words for field and related things in Galician and other languages.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic word *\u0278l\u0101rom means floor and comes from Proto-Indo-European *pleh\u2082ros (to be flat, from *pleh\u2082- (flat) [so...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/floors.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"1.5\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_24\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3889-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/floors.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/floors.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/floors.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\/floors.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3889-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/floors.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"floors.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we unearth the possible Celtic roots of words for <strong>field<\/strong> and related things in Galician and other languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/53257754768\/in\/photolist-2oTX7Vu-2oU11jM-2oU11k3-2oU11mL-2oU34hv-2oUMV7g-2oUSXNX-2oW4zBq-2oW4zDE-2oW8FZG-2oZYUMo-2p11nbH-2p2ZNPn-2p31tKE-2p3PHKN-2p4yaqu-2p4A7w2-2p9cV2b-2q3r9xa-2q3vGWj-2q3vHi1-2q3vHzU-2q3x4a5-2q3xyDS-2q3xzqS-2otZuEu-2ovhsU7-2ovkoTp-2ovkoXs-2ovnuTF-2ovnEae-2oNZ8tp-2oNZ8Yh-2oP46Eo-2oP47bd-2oP58d2-2oP58gt-2oP58HR-2oP58M8-2oP5CNn-2oTDvRx-2oTEE3M-2oTX7SD\/\" title=\"Attic with added cusions\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53257754768_ecb5ba81ce_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Attic with added cusions\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Proto-Celtic word <strong>*\u0278l\u0101rom<\/strong> means floor and comes from Proto-Indo-European <em>*pleh\u2082ros<\/em> (to be flat, from <em>*pleh\u2082-<\/em> (flat) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/%C9%B8l%C4%81rom\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Related words in the modern Celtic languages include:  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>l\u00e1r<\/strong> [l\u032a\u02e0\u0251\u02d0\u027e\u02e0] = ground, floor, middle, centre in Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>l\u00e0r<\/strong> [l\u032a\u02e0a\u02d0\u027e] = floor, ground, storey, middle, centre in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>laare<\/strong> = flat, level, set, sill, centre, bottom, deck, floor, storey in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>llawr<\/strong> [\u026cau\u032fr] = floor, deck, stage, platform, cellar, ground in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>leur<\/strong> = floor, ground, storey in Cornish<\/li>\n<li><strong>leur<\/strong> [l\u00f8\u02d0r] = floor, ground, area in Breton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more details of related words in the Celtic languages, see the Celtiadur post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2019\/11\/02\/floor-ground\/\">Floor \/ Ground<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same Proto-Celtic root possibly include <strong>leira<\/strong> (field, a strip of cultivable land) in Galician, <strong>leira<\/strong> (furrow, a strip of cultivated land) in Portuguese, <strong>llera<\/strong> (a pebbly or stony area) in Spanish [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/leira\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same PIE roots include <strong>flat<\/strong>, <strong>floor<\/strong>, <strong>palm<\/strong>, <strong>piano<\/strong>, <strong>plan<\/strong> and <strong>plane<\/strong> in English, <strong>piazza<\/strong> [\u02c8pjat.tsa] (square, plaza, market, space) in Italian,  <strong>Flur<\/strong> [flu\u02d0r] (hall, corridor, stairwell) in German, and <strong>vloer<\/strong> [vlu\u02d0r] (floor, ground, surface) in Dutch [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/pleh%E2%82%82-\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Radio Omniglot podcasts are brought to you in association with <a 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Get your first month free with the promo code <strong>omniglot<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5001128073855040\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Blog horizontal --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5001128073855040\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1685480124\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Floors\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-04-26T01:12:00+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M55S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we unearth the possible Celtic roots of words for field and related things in Galician and other languages.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic word *\u0278l\u0101rom means floor and comes from Proto-Indo-European *pleh\u2082ros (to be flat, from *pleh\u2082- (flat) [so...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/floors.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"1.5\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_25\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3889-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/floors.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/floors.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/floors.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\/floors.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3889-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/floors.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"floors.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we unearth the possible Celtic roots of words for field and related things in Galician and other languages. The Proto-Celtic word *\u0278l\u0101rom means floor and comes from Proto-Indo-European *pleh\u2082ros (to be flat, from *pleh\u2082- (flat) [source]. Related words in the modern Celtic languages include: l\u00e1r [l\u032a\u02e0\u0251\u02d0\u027e\u02e0] = ground, floor, middle, centre in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,122,37,47,20,56,143,24,6,12,4,36,11,1,27,94,5,28,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-celtic-pathways","category-cornish","category-dutch","category-english","category-etymology","category-galician-galego","category-german","category-irish","category-italian","category-language","category-manx","category-music","category-podcast","category-portuguese","category-proto-celtic","category-scottish-gaelic","category-spanish","category-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3889","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3889"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3892,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3889\/revisions\/3892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}