Celtic cognates

Celtiadur

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.

Words marked with an asterisk are archaic and/or used only in place names. The Cornish words shown are in the Standard Written Form (Furv Skrifys Savonek) of Cornish. The Breton words are in Peurunvan/Modern Standard Spelling.

Birds

Gaeilge (Irish)	Gàidhlig (Gaelic)	Gaelg (Manx)	Cymraeg (Welsh)	Kernewek (Cornish)	Brezhoneg (Breton)	English (Latin)
éan	eun	eean	edn* aderyn	edhen	evn	bird chick fowl
					labous	bird chick fowl
fuiseog	uiseag	ushag				bird (sky)lark (alauda)
			ehedydd hedydd	evidit*	ehuedez*
				ahwesydh	alc'hweder
bran	bran		brân	bran	bran	crow raven crake grebe
feannóg	feannag	fannag
fiach	fitheach	feeagh	gwyach
clamhan	àrmhaigh	shirragh	bwncath	bargos	baou	buzzard (buteo buteo)
cnagaire	cnag	snoggeyder	cnocell (y coed) caseg	kasek	kazeg koad	woodpecker (piciformes)
coileach	coileach	kellagh	ceiliog	kulyek	kilhog	cockerel rooster
cearc	cearc	kiark				hen chicken
eireog	eireag	earrag	iar	yar	yar	hen chicken
colm colmán colúr	calman	calmane	ysguthan colomen	kolomm	pichon	pigeon (columba)
corr	corr	coar	crëyr, crychydd	cherhit	kerc'heiz corcid*	(grey) heron (ardea)
druid	druid	trutlag	drudwy aderyn yr eira	dred	tridig brellidi lapous du	starling (sturnus vulgaris)
eala	eala	olla(y)	alarch	alargh	alarc'h	swan (cygnus)
fáinleog	gobhlan-gaoithe	gollan geayee	gwennol	gwennel	gwennel	swallow (hirundo)
faoileán	faoileag	foillan	gwylan	goolann	gouelaned	seagull (larus)
gé	gèadh	guiy	gwydd	goedh	gwaz	goose (anser branta)
gealbhan	gealbhonn	sparroo gialloon	aderyn y to golfan	golvan	golvan	sparrow (passer domesticus)
iolar	iolair	urley	eryr	er	erer	eagle (aquila)
lacha	tunnag lach	thunnag	hwyaden	hos	houad	duck (anas carina)
lon dubh céirseach	lòn-dubh	lhondoo	mwylachen aderyn du	molgh dhu	moualc'h	blackbird (turdus merula)
scréachóg	sgreuchag	screeaghag	sgrech y coed	kegin	kegin	jay (garrulus glandarius)
seabhac	seabhag	shawk shirragh	hebog gwalch	hok	gwalc'h	falcon hawk
fabhcún	faolchon		ffawcwn ffawlcwn	falghun	falc'hun	falcon hawk
snag breac meaig	athaid	pieanat	pioden	piasenn	pig	magpie (pica pica)
spideog	brù-dhearg nighidh pigidh roban-roid	spittag	brongoch	rudhek	boc'hruz	robin (erithacus rubecula melophilus)
ulchabhán cailleach oíche	tulchabhchan cailleach-oidhche	hullad caillagh oie	tylluan gwdihŵ	kowann oula	toud kaouenn	owl (strigiformes)

Celtic cognates

Celtiadur

Notes

eean in Manx means chick, fowl, or young bird
* Words with an asterisk are archaic or obsolete

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Links

Stòr-fhaclan Co-dhàimheil Ceilteach (Database of Celtic cognates)
http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/faclair/scc/lorg.php

McBain's Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language
http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/MB2/

MAGUS: Multilingual Animal Glossary of Unveiled Synonyms
http://www.informatika.bf.uni-lj.si/magus-celtic&basque.html

Information about Celtic languages

Breton, Celtiberian, Cornish, Cumbric, Gaulish, Irish, Lepontic, Lusitanian, Manx, Scottish Gaelic, Tartessian, Welsh

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