{"id":4060,"date":"2025-08-16T12:12:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T12:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4060"},"modified":"2025-08-16T12:12:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T12:12:55","slug":"celtic-pathways-herons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4060","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Herons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Herons\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-08-16T12:12:55+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M47S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we uncover the possible Celtic roots of words for heron in Romance languages.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic word *korxs\u0101 \/ *korxsiyos means heron or crane [source], and possibly comes from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreik- (to screech, creak), whi...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/herons.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.2\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_903\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4060-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/herons.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/herons.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/herons.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\/herons.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=4060-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/herons.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"herons.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we uncover the possible Celtic roots of words for <strong>heron<\/strong> in Romance languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/francoisaix\/5099550411\/in\/photolist-8LCwEX-7NXpgH-cv9NYd-6biGwT-PUYxw1-JFd1TK-J4E8c-ofoTCg-egF8vg-9tN1Uj-2fDoJav-kkPsPq-fJ53t2-8T5APb-unZkEw-kyNsQx-qPyZbM-z3fJA-GJfLFP-dtxkKS-fKLBFe-wdmN26-3StMd2-a4p9C-eqijG-rK5Ra4-4exG8s-yS12Z6-V24Yw2-6cRt7j-22o7Miy-cdsPTS-w7EKY7-d3mnZu-8q4erE-grdcL-5YWabV-f9eKzC-w7MLjV-7PmHLs-8dipUh-2gejBp-gWUwE4-dSEDQe-9rJDws-oRji7G-iCHYLp-rYSTaD-kCe8fm-aLAw6r\" title=\"Heron\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4110\/5099550411_480e304fd6_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" alt=\"Heron\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Proto-Celtic word <strong>*korxs\u0101 \/ *korxsiyos<\/strong> means heron or crane [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/EtymologicalDictionaryOfProtoCeltic\/page\/n221\/mode\/2up\">source<\/a>], and possibly comes from Proto-Indo-European <em>*(s)kreik-<\/em> (to screech, creak), which is imitative in origin [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/cr%C3%AByr#Welsh\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Descendants in the modern Celtic languages include:  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>corr<\/strong> [k\u0259u\u027e\u02e0] = (grey) heron, stork, crane, leg-necked person in Irish<\/li>\n<li><strong>corra<\/strong> [k\u0254r\u032a\u02e0\u0259] = heron, stork, crane in Scottish Gaelic<\/li>\n<li><strong>coar<\/strong> = heron, stork, crane in Manx<\/li>\n<li><strong>crychydd<\/strong> [\u02c8kr\u0259\u03c7\u0268\u031e\u00f0 \/ \u02c8kr\u0259\u03c7\u026a\u00f0] = heron in Welsh<\/li>\n<li><strong>kerghydh<\/strong> = heron in Cornish<\/li>\n<li><strong>kerc\u02bcheiz<\/strong> [k\u025br\u02c8\u0263\u025bjs] = heron in Breton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Words from the same Proto-Celtic roots, via Celtiberian <em>*c\u00e1rcia<\/em> (heron) or Gaulish <em>curcio<\/em> (heron), possibly include <strong>garza<\/strong> (heron) in Galician, <strong>garza<\/strong> (heron) in Spanish, and <strong>gar\u00e7a<\/strong> (heron) in Portuguese [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/swelos\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The Welsh word <strong>cr\u00ebyr<\/strong> [\u02c8kre\u02d0.\u0268\u031er \/ \u02c8kre\u02d0.\u026ar], which means heron or egret, probably comes from the same PIE roots, as do <strong>reiger<\/strong> (heron) in Dutch, <strong>Reiher<\/strong> (heron) in German, <strong>h\u00e4ger<\/strong> (heron) in Swedish, <strong>heron<\/strong> and <strong>egret<\/strong> in English, and <strong>haikara<\/strong> (heron, stork) in Finnish [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic\/hraigr%C3%B4\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>More details of heron-related words can be found in the Celtiadur post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2020\/07\/19\/herons\/\">Herons<\/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; Herons\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-08-16T12:12:55+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M47S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we uncover the possible Celtic roots of words for heron in Romance languages.\n\n\n\nThe Proto-Celtic word *korxs\u0101 \/ *korxsiyos means heron or crane [source], and possibly comes from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreik- (to screech, creak), whi...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/herons.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.2\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_904\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4060-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/herons.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/herons.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/herons.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\/herons.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=4060-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/herons.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"herons.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we uncover the possible Celtic roots of words for heron in Romance languages. The Proto-Celtic word *korxs\u0101 \/ *korxsiyos means heron or crane [source], and possibly comes from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreik- (to screech, creak), which is imitative in origin [source]. Descendants in the modern Celtic languages include: corr [k\u0259u\u027e\u02e0] = (grey) heron, stork, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,137,122,37,47,20,125,143,117,24,6,4,36,11,1,27,94,59,5,28,30,7],"tags":[139,301,90,14,300,9,167,15,88,8,302,103],"class_list":["post-4060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-celtiberian","category-celtic-pathways","category-cornish","category-dutch","category-english","category-finnish-suomi","category-galician-galego","category-gaulish","category-german","category-irish","category-language","category-manx","category-music","category-podcast","category-portuguese","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-scottish-gaelic","category-spanish","category-swedish","category-welsh","tag-celtic","tag-crane","tag-etymology","tag-gaelic","tag-heron","tag-language","tag-linguistics","tag-music","tag-omniglot","tag-podcast","tag-stork","tag-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4060","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=4060"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4064,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4060\/revisions\/4064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}