Celtic cognates - Food and Drink

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


Food and Drink

These words are cognate in all six Celtic languages.

Gaeilge
(Irish)
Gàidhlig
(Gaelic)
Gaelg
(Manx)
Cymraeg
(Welsh)
Kernewek
(Cornish)
Brezhoneg
(Breton)
English
bainne bainne
boinne
bainney ban† banna banne milk
drop
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
meá meadh medd(agh) medd medh mez mead
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
sùbh soo syfi sevi sivi strawberry
berry
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
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
feoil feòil feill flesh
meat
flúr plùr flooyr flour
flower
geir geir geirr gwêr fat
tallow
grease
had has had seed
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
saill saill sahll salted meat
fat
blubber
swyf soov soav tallow
fat
grease
seagal seagal shoggyl sugalen rye
seill seill sahll fat
blubber
suet
(y)sglodion asklosen askleud chip(s)
splinter(s)
tort tort torth torth torz loaf
cake
uisce uisge ushtey water

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