This page contains words for food and drink 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bia | biadh | bee | bwyd | boos | boued | food |
| bairín | bairín | berreen | bara | bara | bara | bread loaf cake |
| bleacht | bliochd | bluight | blith llefrith |
leuerid | bleiz livrizh |
milk milkiness |
| blonag | blonag | blonnag | bloneg | blonek | bloneg | fat lard blubber |
| lacht | lac lachd |
laght | llaeth | leth | laezh | milk sweet milk |
| cáis | càise | caashey | caws | keus | keuz | cheese |
| corim | curim | cuirrey | cwrw | korev | korev | beer feast banquet |
| cnó | cnò | cro | cnau | know | kraoñ | nut |
| dobhar | dobhar | dooar | dŵr | dowr | dour | water |
| sáile | sàl | sailley | hâl | hyli | hal | sea water salt |
| salann | salann | sollan | halen | holen | holen | salt |
| ím | ìm | eem | (y)menyn | amanyn | amanenn amann amonenn |
butter |
| mil | mil | mill | mêl | mel | mel | honey |
| pluma | plumais plùmbais |
plumbis | plemysen | ploumen | prunenn | plum |
| airne | àirne | airn | eirinen | eyrinen | irinenn | plum damson sloe |
| fíon | fìon | feeyn | gwin | gwin | gwin | wine |
| leann lionn |
leann lionn |
lhune lhionney |
llyn | lin | liñvenn | ale beer liquid drink |
| meas | meas | mess | mes | mes | mez | (tree) fruit nut acorn(s) |
| síol | sìol | sheel | hil | hil | hil | seed |
| sméar | smeur | smeyr | mwyar | mor | mouar | berry blackberry |
| sú | sùbh | soo | syfi | sevi | sivi | strawberry berry |
| sú | sùgh | soo soolagh |
sudd sug |
sugen | soubenn chug |
juice sap soup |
| taos | taois | teayst | toes | toos | toas toaz |
dough |
| úll | ubhal | ooyl | afal | aval | aval | apple |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aran | aran | arran | — | — | — | bread |
| arbhar | arbhar | arroo | — | — | — | grain |
| bainne | bainne | bainney | — | banna | banne | milk drop |
| béile | beil | — | — | — | — | meal diet |
| — | — | — | blawd | bleus | bleud | flour |
| brachán | brochan | broghan | — | — | — | porridge oatmeal gruel |
| — | — | — | cinio |
kinnyow | — | dinner supper to dine |
| — | — | — | cwyn | kon | koan | dinner supper |
| dinnéar | dinnear | jinnair | — | — | — | dinner |
| flúr | plùr | flooyr | — | — | — | flour flower |
| geir | geir | geirr | gwêr | — | — | fat tallow grease |
| — | — | — | haidd | — | heiz | rye |
| íth* | — | — | uwd | yôs | yod | porridge oatmeal |
| leite | lite | — | — | — | — | porridge |
| lón | lòn | — | — | — | — | food repast lunch |
| longach | longadh | lhongey | — | — | — | meal consuming sustenance |
| min | min | meinn | — | — | — | flour meal |
| maróg | marag | — | — | — | — | pudding paunch |
| seagal | seagal | shoggyl | — | sugalen | — | rye |
| seill | seill | sahll | — | — | — | fat blubber suet |
| tort | tort | — | torth | torth | torz | loaf cake |
| uisce | uisge | ushtey | — | — | — | water |
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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.
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Breton, Celtiberian, Cornish, Cumbric, Gaulish, Irish, Lepontic, Lusitanian, Manx, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh
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