This page contains words for parts of the body that are cognate in all or some of the six modern Celtic languages.
Click on the English versions that are links and you will be taken to the Celtiadur, where you can see what each word means, and how some of them are pronounced. There are also details of related words and expressions, and words in older versions of the Celtic languages, such as Middle Welsh and Old Irish. More Celtic Cognates
These words are cognate in all six Celtic languages.
| Gaeilge (Irish) |
Gàidhlig (Gaelic) |
Gaelg (Manx) |
Cymraeg (Welsh) |
Kernewek (Cornish) |
Brezhoneg (Breton) |
English |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ae | adha | aane | afu | avi | avu | liver |
| ascaill | asgall | aghlish oghlish |
asgell | askel | askell | wing fin armpit |
| béal | beul | beeal | gwefus | gweus | gweuz | lip mouth |
| bolg | bolg | bolg | bol(a) | bolgh | bolc'h | belly stomach |
| bos | bas | bass | bos | bas | boz | palm fist |
| broinne | broinne | brein | bron bryn |
bronn | bronn | breast hill |
| ceann | ceann | kione | pen | penn | penn | head |
| ciall | ciall | keeall | pwyll | poll | poell | mind sense |
| cíoch | cìoch | keeagh | cig | kig | kig | breast meat flesh |
| corp | corp | corp | corff | korf | korf | body |
| craiceann | craiceann | crackan | croen | kroghen | kroc'hen | skin hide surface |
| croí | cridhe | cree | craidd | kres | kreiz | heart centre core |
| dorn | dòrn | doarn | dwrn | dorn | dorn | fist hand |
| eite | ite | fedjag | adain | aden* | attanoc* | wing fin feather |
| fabhra | abhra | ferroogh | amrant | abrans | abrant | eyelid eyelash eyebrow |
| féith | fèith | feh | gwyth | gooth | gwazh | sinew muscle vein channel stream |
| folt | falt | folt | gwallt | gols | guolt* | hair |
| fuil | fuil | fuil | gweli | goli | gouli | blood wound |
| glúin | glùin | glioon | glin | glyn | glinn | knee |
| gualainn | gualainn | geaylin geayliney |
ysgywdd | skoodh | skoaz | shoulder |
| ionga | ìne ionga |
yngin | ewin | ewin | ivin | (finger/toe) nail |
| lámh | làmh | laue | llaw | leuv | lav | hand arm |
| sáil | sàil | saayl | sawdl | seudhel | seul | heel |
| scamhóg | sgamhan | scowan | ysgefaint | skevens | skevent | lung(s) |
| súil | sùil | sooill | haul | howl | heol | eye sun |
| scamhóg | sgamhan | scowan | ysgafn | skav | skañv | light lung |
| srón | sròn | stroin | ffroen | frig | froen | nose nostril |
| teanga | teanga | çhengey | tafod | taves | teod | tongue language |
| troigh | troigh | trie | troed | troos | troad | foot |
| tul | tul | tool | tâl | tal | tal | forehead brow head |
| uillinn | uileann | uillin | elin | elin | ilin | elbow |
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These words are cognate in some of the Celtic languages.
| Gaeilge (Irish) |
Gàidhlig (Gaelic) |
Gaelg (Manx) |
Cymraeg (Welsh) |
Kernewek (Cornish) |
Brezhoneg (Breton) |
English |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | adhbrann | abane | — | — | — | ankle |
| aghaidh | aghaidh | oai | — | — | — | face front |
| aineach eineach |
eanach | — | wyneb | enep | eneb | face honour reputation |
| alt | alt | olt | — | — | — | joint organ knuckle |
| éadan | aodann | eddin | — | — | — | brow forehead |
| — | — | — | asgwrn | askorn | askorn | bone |
| ball | ball | — | — | — | — | organ (male) member |
| — | — | — | blew | blew | blev | hair bristles |
| biss* | — | — | bys | bys | biz | finger |
| — | bòc | — | boch | bogh | boc'h | cheek bloat |
| bonn | bonn | boyn | — | — | — | sole base foot |
| brac | brac | — | braich | bregh | brec'h | arm hand |
| — | caill* | — | caill | kell | kell | testicle |
| — | — | — | calon | kolon | kalon | heart soul |
| caolán | caolan | collane | — | — | — | gut bowel |
| — | — | — | cefn | keyn | kein | back |
| cluas | cluas | cleaysh | clust | — | — | ear |
| — | — | — | clun | klun | klun | hip buttocks |
| cnámh | cnàimh | craue | cnaw | — | — | bone skull |
| colainn | colann | callin | celain | — | — | body torso corpse |
| — | — | — | coludd | kolodhyon | kaouded | intestine guts heart |
| cos | cas cos |
cass | coes | — | — | leg foot |
| cró | crò | — | crau | krow | — | blood gore |
| déad | deud | — | dant | dans | dant | tooth |
| dreach | dreach | dreagh | drych | — | derch* | look aspect expression face |
| droim | druim | dreeym | — | — | — | back ridge |
| éadan | aodann | eddin | — | — | — | front face facade |
| esna | asna | asney | ais | asownn | — | rib |
| fiacail | fiacail | feeackle feeackyl |
— | — | — | tooth |
| galba | galba | — | gylfin | gelvin | golv | beak nose |
| gnúis | gnùis | grooish | gnis | greuv | — | face brow jaw |
| gob | gob | gob | — | — | — | beak bill point |
| — | — | — | gwaed | goos | gwad | blood |
| — | — | — | gwddf gwddw gwddwg |
— | gouzoug goûg |
throat neck |
| inchinn | eanchainn | — | ymennydd | ympynnyon | empenn | mind brain |
| intinn | inntinn | inçhyn | — | — | — | brain |
| leiceann | lethcheann | lieckan | — | — | — | cheek |
| — | — | — | llygad | lagas | lagad | eye |
| magairle | magairle | maggle | — | — | — | testicle |
| méar | meur | mair | — | — | — | finger toe |
| más | màs | maaish | — | — | — | buttock(s) ham thigh |
| — | — | — | min | min | min | lip mouth pout |
| muineál | muineal | mwannal | mwnwgl mwnwg mynwgl |
— | — | neck |
| rí | ruighe | roih | — | — | — | forearm arm |
| scornach | sgòrnan | scoarnagh | — | — | — | throat mouth |
| tóin | tòn | thoyn toinn |
tin | tin* | — | bottom buttocks breech |
| — | — | — | trwyn | tron | — | nose |
| ucht | uchd | ught | — | — | — | chest breast lap |
| — | — | — | ysgyfarn* | skovarn | skouarn | ear handle |
Words marked* are archaic or obselete.
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A collection of Celtic cognates, with definitions, pronunciation, etymologies - includes the modern Celtic languages, older versions of these languages, such as Middle Welsh, Old Irish, and their extinct and reconstructed relatives and ancestors, including Gaulish, Celtiberian, Proto-Brythonic and Proto-Celtic.
Breton, Celtiberian, Cornish, Cumbric, Gaulish, Irish, Lepontic, Lusitanian, Manx, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh
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