Words for to walk in Celtic languages.
Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) | siblaid = to travel, traverse, proceed, move, walk; to flow; to go over, examine |
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Irish (Gaeilge) | siúil [ʃuːlʲ] = to walk, be able to walk; come or go on foot; move about for exercise or pleasure; step on, into; tread, travel |
Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) | siubhail [ʃu.al] = to travel, commute; walk, move, stroll; go, depart; die |
Manx (Gaelg) | shooill = to walk, traverse, gait, pace, tread, promenade, perambulate |
Sources: Wiktionary, Am Faclair Beag, teanglann.ie, On-Line Manx Dictionary
Proto-Celtic | *kerdeti = to walk |
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Old Irish (Gaídelc) | foceird = to put, place, set; to throw, cast |
Middle Welsh (Kymraec) | kerddet [ˈkɛrðɛd] = to walk |
Welsh (Cymraeg) | cerdded [ˈkɛrðɛd] = to walk, journey, travel, approach, traverse, march, go, move |
Cornish (Kernewek) | kerdhes [‘kɛrðɛs / ‘kɛr(ð)ɐz] = to walk, get along |
Breton (Brezhoneg) | kerzhet = to walk |
Etymology: from the Proto-Indo-European *kerd- (to swing) [source].
Sources: Wiktionary, Geiriadur yr Academi, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, Gerlyver Kernewek, Dictionnaire Favereau