{"id":3923,"date":"2025-05-24T21:46:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T21:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3923"},"modified":"2025-05-24T21:46:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T21:46:23","slug":"celtic-pathways-cheesy-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3923","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Cheesy Hills"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Cheesy Hills\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-05-24T21:46:22+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M05S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode, we uncover the possible Celtic roots of words for hillsides and rough scrub land in Romance languages.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic words *brig\u0101 (hill, fortress) and *brixs (hill), both come from Proto-Indo-European *b\u02b0\u00e9r\u01f5\u02b0-s (something high ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/hills.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.2\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4090\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3923-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/hills.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/hills.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/hills.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\/hills.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3923-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/hills.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"hills.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode, we uncover the possible Celtic roots of words for <strong>hillsides<\/strong> and <strong>rough scrub land<\/strong> in Romance languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/25665009461\/in\/album-72157626541135224\" title=\"Cwm Idwal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/1674\/25665009461_dcd74e39dd_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"Cwm Idwal\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Proto-Celtic words <strong>*brig\u0101<\/strong> (hill, fortress) and <strong>*brixs<\/strong> (hill), both come from Proto-Indo-European <em>*b\u02b0\u00e9r\u01f5\u02b0-s<\/em> (something high up, fortified) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/brixs\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Related words in the modern Celtic languages include:  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>br\u00ed<\/strong> [b\u02b2\u027e\u02b2i\u02d0] = brae, hill in Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>bre<\/strong> [bre] = hill, headland in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>bre<\/strong> [bre] = hill, hillock, mountain, hill-country, upland, peak in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>bre<\/strong> [br\u025b: \/ bre:] = hill in Cornish &#8211; <em>appears as Bray or Brae in placenames<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>bre<\/strong> [bre\u02d0] = hill, mountain 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\/05\/12\/hills\/\">Hills<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same Proto-Celtic root, via Gaulish <em>*brig\u0101 <\/em> (hill, fortress) and Latin <em>*brigna<\/em> (rocky terrain), possibly include <strong>bricco<\/strong> (hill, crag, ridgeside) in Italian, <strong>bre\u00f1a<\/strong> (scrub, brush, rough ground) in Spanish and Galician, and <strong>brenha<\/strong> (scrub, complication, confusion) in Portuguese [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Latin\/brigna\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same PIE roots include <strong>burrow<\/strong> and <strong>borough<\/strong>, (and place names ending in <strong>burg(h)<\/strong>, <strong>boro(ugh)<\/strong>, <strong>bury<\/strong>, etc.) in English, <strong>Burg<\/strong> (castle) in German, <strong>burcht<\/strong> (citadel, castle, borough, burrow) in Dutch, and <strong>bourg<\/strong> (market town, village) in French &#8211; also found in place names, such as <strong>Strasbourg<\/strong> and <strong>Luxembourg<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/b%CA%B0%C3%A9r%C7%B5%CA%B0s\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/zorbs\/52122674\/in\/photolist-5B9fN-2dKzgGm-5M1QTE-2ndQUA4-RFsBNX-7jgRJe-RGkz4B-2kBmpT2-9FTggT-eC21hU-pudYg7-29aDSdb-7UjouQ-7H1xEY-8MaTyb-5ri39a-3f6Tbv-8m4nXZ-7GcVd-8m7xGf-4dBvFk-5XNYWa-cGKf9J-4sV1hN-5Pn9oP-4jE2Me-63QRA7-8k3mDg-2h5rj3y-4pcaLZ-6Qnitz-7Fi2Zf-4fjfwv-92tT2e-9AtkSn-jeTk-DT5UD1-98RNnz-9AtkWx-dH1J6B-2D4yTF-61qRq8-fwas64-4jJ4H1-uAFzY-6RBNrE-5MuuTz-6gJKhE-9eXnTu-a3mdX9\" title=\"My take\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/25\/52122674_1b133e94bb_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"My take\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, the French cheese <strong>brie<\/strong> comes from and is named after the historic region of <strong>Brie<\/strong> in northern France, which gets its name from Gaulish <em>*brig\u0101<\/em> (hill, fortress), from Proto-Celtic <strong>*brig\u0101<\/strong> (hill, fortress) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brie\">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><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; Cheesy Hills\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-05-24T21:46:22+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M05S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode, we uncover the possible Celtic roots of words for hillsides and rough scrub land in Romance languages.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic words *brig\u0101 (hill, fortress) and *brixs (hill), both come from Proto-Indo-European *b\u02b0\u00e9r\u01f5\u02b0-s (something high ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/hills.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.2\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4091\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3923-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/hills.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/hills.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/hills.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\/hills.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3923-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/hills.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"hills.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode, we uncover the possible Celtic roots of words for hillsides and rough scrub land in Romance languages. The Proto-Celtic words *brig\u0101 (hill, fortress) and *brixs (hill), both come from Proto-Indo-European *b\u02b0\u00e9r\u01f5\u02b0-s (something high up, fortified) [source]. Related words in the modern Celtic languages include: br\u00ed [b\u02b2\u027e\u02b2i\u02d0] = brae, hill in Irish bre [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,122,37,47,20,56,23,143,117,24,6,12,4,50,1,27,94,59,5,28,7],"tags":[244,242,139,243,90,245,14,226,9,15,88,8,103],"class_list":["post-3923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-celtic-pathways","category-cornish","category-dutch","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-galician-galego","category-gaulish","category-german","category-irish","category-italian","category-language","category-latin","category-podcast","category-portuguese","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-scottish-gaelic","category-spanish","category-welsh","tag-brae","tag-brie","tag-celtic","tag-cheese","tag-etymology","tag-french","tag-gaelic","tag-gaulish","tag-language","tag-music","tag-omniglot","tag-podcast","tag-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3923","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=3923"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3928,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3923\/revisions\/3928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}