Words for trees and other plants that are cognate in all or most 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| crann | crann | croan | pren | pren | prenn | tree mast boom wood bar |
| fiodh | fiodh | fuygh | gwŷdd | gwydh | gwez | tree wood timber |
| abhaill | abhall | ooyl | afall | avalen | avalwez | apple |
| beith | beith | beih | bedw | besewen | bezv | birch |
| coll | coll calltainn |
coull | coll | koll | kelvez | hazel |
| cuileann | cuileann | cullyn | celyn(en) | kelyn(nen) | kelen(enn) | holly |
| dair doire |
dair darach |
darragh darrag |
dâr derw(en) |
dar derw(en) |
derv | oak |
| eidheann | eidheann | hibbin | eiddew | idhyow | iliav | ivy |
| feá | feagha | faih | ffawydden | fowenn | faouenn | beech |
| fearnóg | feàrna | farney | gwern | gwern | gwern | alder |
| féar | feur | faiyr | gwair | gora | garzh | hay grass |
| fraoch | fraoch | freoagh | grug | grug | brug | heather |
| geil | geil | gyndyr | gwellt | gwels | geot gwelt |
grass graze |
| fuinseog | fuinnseag uinnseann |
unjin | onn | onn | onn | ash |
| iúr | iubhar iùbhar |
euar | efwr ewr |
evor | evor | yew alder |
| eó | eo | iodh | yw | ewin | iwin ivin |
yew |
| leamhán | leamhan | lhiouan | llwyf | elow | evlec'h | elm linden lime |
| lus | lus | lus | llys | les | louzaouenn | plant herb |
| raithneach | raineach | renniagh | rhedyn | reden | raden | fern bracken |
| saileach | seileach | shellagh | helygen (sg) helyg (pl) |
helygen (sg) helyk (pl) |
halegenn (sg) haleg (pl) |
willow |
These words are cognate in some of the Celtic languages.
| Gaeilge (Irish) |
Gàidhlig (Gaelic) |
Gaelg (Manx) |
Cymraeg (Welsh) |
Kernewek (Cornish) |
Brezhoneg (Breton) |
English |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bile | bile | billey | pill | pil | tree mast bush trunk |
|
| coed coeden |
koos | koad | forest wood tree |
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| craobh | craobh | crouw | branch tree bush |
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| bealaidh | banadl banal |
banadhel | banal | broom (shrub) | ||
| giolcach | giolcach | giucklagh | broom (shrub) |
Geirfa Natur (Nature Glossary) - words for animals, birds, fish and other creatures in the modern Celtic language (Excel format, provided by Gwyn Harrison)
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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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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/
Breton, Celtiberian, Cornish, Cumbric, Gaulish, Irish, Lepontic, Lusitanian, Manx, Scottish Gaelic, Tartessian, Welsh
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