Words for ears in Celtic languages.
Proto-Celtic | *kloustā = ear |
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Old Irish (Goídelc) | clúas = ear, hearing |
Irish (Gaeilge) | cluas [klˠuəsˠ] = ear; ear-shaped object; lug, handle; cleat; tab; corner, margin |
Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) | cluas [kl̪ˠuəs] = ear, lug; handle; clew (of a sail) ; flyer bearing (of a spinning wheel) |
Manx (Gaelg) | cleaysh [kleːʃ] = ear, cleat, handle, lug, top corner of net, corner of sail |
Proto-Brythonic | *klʉst = ear |
Welsh (Cymraeg) | clust [klɨːst / klɪst] = ear, sense of hearing, attention, willingness to listen; handle of a vessel, tag of a boot, top part of a bell; creek or inlet; auricle (of the heart) |
Etymology: from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlow-steh₂, from *ḱlew- (to hear) [source].
Sources: Wiktionary, Am Faclair Beag, Online Manx Dictionary, Teanglann.ie, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru
Welsh (Cymraeg) | ysgyfarn = ear |
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Old Cornish | scouarn = ear |
Cornish (Kernewek) | skovarn [‘skɔvarn / ‘skɔvɐrn] = ear, handle (of jar) |
Old Breton | scobarn = ear |
Breton (Brezhoneg) | skouarn [skwaʁn] = ear; gills; handle (of vase); moldboard (of plow) |
Sources: Wiktionary, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, Gerlyver Kernewek, Dictionnaire Favereau
Words marked with a * are reconstructions.