▪️ Eng: Mountain
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▪️ C. Brythonic: moniđo-
▪️ C. Celtic:❓
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▪️ Cumb.: mynydd
▪️ Pict.: monid
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▪️ Bre: menez
▪️ Cor: menedh/menydh
▪️ Gla: monadh/sliabh/beinn
▪️ Gle: sliabh
▪️ Glv: muyne/slieau/beinn
▪️ Wel: mynydd

Reference lists available at Cumbric.org

🏝️ The word for 'island' in various Celtic languages:

Breton: enez
Cornish: enys
Cumbric: inis
Irish: oileán/inis
Manx: ellan/innys
Scottish Gaelic: eilean/innis
Welsh: ynys

The word for 'seagull' in various Celtic languages:

Breton: gouelan/goélan
Common Celtic: *voilenno-
Cornish: golan
Irish: faoileán
Manx: foillan
Scottish Gaelic: faoileag
Welsh: gwylan

🐕 The word for 'dog' in various Celtic languages:

Breton: ki
Common Celtic: *kū
Cornish: ki
Cumbric: ci
Irish (Modern): madra
Irish (Old): cú
Manx: moddey/coo
Scottish Gaelic: cù
Welsh: ci

🌊 The word for 'wave' in various Celtic languages:

Breton: tonn/gwagenn
Common Celtic: *tundā-
Cornish: tonn
Irish: tonn
Manx: tonn
Scottish Gaelic: tonn
Welsh: ton/gwaneg

🌳🌳 The word for 'birch' in various Celtic languages:

Breton: bezv
Common Brythonic: *betuā-
Common Celtic: *betuā-
Cornish: besow
Gaulish: *betuā-
Irish: beith
Manx: beih
Scottish Gaelic: beithe
Welsh: bedw

Hi, guys! It's been a long time, happy to be back!

💐The word for 'spring' in various Celtic languages: Breton: nevezamzer
Brythonic: *u̯esantēno-
Celtic: *wesrakos
Cornish: gwenton
Cornish (Old): guaintoin
Irish: earrach
Scottish: earrach
Welsh: gwanwyn
Welsh (Old): guiannuin

💕The word for 'affection' in various Celtic languages:

Breton: serc'h
Breton (Old): serch
Cornish: sergh/hegaredh
Irish: searc
Irish (Old): serc
Scottish Gaelic: seirc
Welsh: serch

🌧️ The word for 'rain' in various Celtic languages:

Breton: glav
Breton (Middle): glau
Common Celtic: *glawā
Cornish: glaw
Cornish (Old): glau
Irish: báisteach, fearthainn
Irish (Old): baistech
Manx: fliaghey
Scottish Gaelic: uisge
Welsh: glaw

The Welsh for a defibrillator is diffibriliwr.

The Welsh for a sharp knife is cyllell finiog 🔪🩸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Wednesday is named after the Norse god Odin. In Latin-based languages, Wednesday is associated with the planet Mercury (and the God as well). In antiquity each day of the week was associated with a celestial body
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We hope you have an awesome #SaturdayNight
Etymology map of Saturday
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#etymology #etymology map #map ologies #map #sabado #sabbath

In Welsh a common problem is deciding between f and ff.

F is a /v/ sound whereas ff is a /f/ sound.

Fan - van
Ffan - fan

Dydd Llun - Monday

O na! Mae hi’n dydd Llun unwaith eto. Pwy sy wedi nôl i’r gwaith heddiw?

Oh no! It’s Monday again. Who is back to work again?

The Welsh for a narcissist is the lovely sounding narsisydd.

Well it would be, on’d yw e?

Welsh lovespoons are one of Wales’ most celebrated crafts, but photos of ornately beautiful pieces which have taken social media by storm recently were surprisingly made across the Atlantic Ocean in Canada
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The Welsh for an earthquake is daeargryn.

Daear = Earth
Crŷn = Tremble / Shudder / Shake

The Welsh for an exorcist is allfwriwr (all = out, bwrw = hit, -wr = agent)

The other phrase we can use is bwriwr cythreuliaid (bwriwr = person that hits , cythreuliaid = demons)

Mis - month

Beth yw dy hoff fis? What is your favourite month?