{"id":3941,"date":"2025-06-07T11:39:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T11:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3941"},"modified":"2025-06-07T11:39:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T11:39:02","slug":"celtic-pathways-celtic-carpenters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3941","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Celtic Carpenters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Celtic Carpenters\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-06-07T11:39:01+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M04S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we drill down to the Celtic roots of words for carpenter in English and other languages.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic word *karbantos means (war) chariot or wagon and is possibly related to the Proto-Celtic word *korbos (wagon, basket). Beyond...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/celticcarpenters.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5498\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3941-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/celticcarpenters.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/celticcarpenters.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/celticcarpenters.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\/celticcarpenters.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3941-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/celticcarpenters.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"celticcarpenters.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we drill down to the Celtic roots of words for <strong>carpenter<\/strong> in English and other languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/frankcgrace\/50904922662\/in\/photolist-2kyi31o-2j77Emf-2piTdvb-2kV8Z2a-2n3vHmS-2pUqTg4-2pUKNzP-2nx3SFF-QMbHMA-2of1H42-2mW7rxu-24vUz77-2qdU2MV-2qm1zDS-2nCZzhr-2kD2rWx-2mFKNZg-Gief5R-2e75HiU-2jnDJfK-VvqwcJ-2kEzZbp-mA3b4T-8jwmG9-2jrbR7N-75uu48-84fSCW-2nuFBtW-c1foPs-Fuw5Vi-2ipNrBP-2kAxj6J-2mHnpKg-2kzPNUK-2oiDLVU-2phBbSY-9zcE3a-7NnY5d-2mohy7b-MoJnpE-2mD1fA3-2ipJLz2-2kD2s1L-2pXavgA-2kHq4ow-2iKmFUK-9gHEHR-2ovoTUC-GcyJxM-54CvrY\" title=\"Moffett Mill\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50904922662_2326f0b237_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"Moffett Mill\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Proto-Celtic word <strong>*karbantos<\/strong> means (war) chariot or wagon and is possibly related to the Proto-Celtic word <em>*korbos<\/em> (wagon, basket). Beyond that, its origins are not known [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/karbantos\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Descendants in the modern Celtic languages include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>carbad<\/strong> [\u02c8ka\u027e\u02e0\u0259b\u02e0\u0259d\u032a\u02e0] = chariot in Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>carbad<\/strong> [karabad] = chariot, coach, carriage, wagon, vehicle, bier, jaw(bone) in Scottish Gaulish<\/li>\n<li><strong>carbyd<\/strong> = bus, coach, vehicle, bier, hearse in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>cerbyd<\/strong> [\u02c8k\u025brb\u0268\u031ed \/ \u02c8k\u025brb\u026ad] = car, carriage, chariot, wagon, coach; clumsy fellow, bungler in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>karbed<\/strong> = vehicle in Breton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More details about words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2019\/11\/30\/wagons-carts\/\">Wagons &#038; Carts<\/a> in Celtic languages on Celtiadur.<\/p>\n<p>The Gaulish word <em>carbantos<\/em> (chariot, wagon) comes from the same Proto-Celtic root, and was borrowed into Latin as <em>carpentum<\/em> (carriage, wagon, cart), from which we get the Latin word <em>carpent\u0101rius<\/em> (coachman, cartwright, carpenter) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/carpentum#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same Latin and Gaulish roots include <strong>charpente<\/strong> (framework, build, structure) and <strong>charpentier<\/strong> (carpenter) in French, <strong>carpentiere<\/strong> (carpenter) in Italian,  <strong>carpintero<\/strong> (carpenter, woodpecker) in Spanish, and <strong>carpenter<\/strong> in English [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/carpentarius#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, in Old English one word for <strong>carpenter<\/strong>, and <strong>woodworker<\/strong>, was <em>tr\u0113owwyrhta<\/em>, or literally &#8220;tree worker&#8221;. This later became <strong>treewright<\/strong>, an old word for a carpenter, joiner or other worker of wood [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/treowwyrhta#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><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; Celtic Carpenters\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-06-07T11:39:01+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M04S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we drill down to the Celtic roots of words for carpenter in English and other languages.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic word *karbantos means (war) chariot or wagon and is possibly related to the Proto-Celtic word *korbos (wagon, basket). Beyond...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/celticcarpenters.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5499\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3941-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/celticcarpenters.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/celticcarpenters.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/celticcarpenters.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\/celticcarpenters.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3941-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/celticcarpenters.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"celticcarpenters.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we drill down to the Celtic roots of words for carpenter in English and other languages. The Proto-Celtic word *karbantos means (war) chariot or wagon and is possibly related to the Proto-Celtic word *korbos (wagon, basket). Beyond that, its origins are not known [source]. Descendants in the modern Celtic languages include: carbad [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,122,20,56,23,117,6,12,4,50,36,11,55,1,94,5,28,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-celtic-pathways","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-gaulish","category-irish","category-italian","category-language","category-latin","category-manx","category-music","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-podcast","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\/3941","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=3941"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3942,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3941\/revisions\/3942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}