This page contains numbers that are cognate inall orsome of the six modern Celtic languages.
Click on the English versions that are links and you will be taken to theCeltiadur, 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
| Gaeilge (Irish) | Gàidhlig (Gaelic) | Gaelg (Manx) | Cymraeg (Welsh) | Kernewek (Cornish) | Brezhoneg (Breton) | English |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| áireamh | àireamh | earroo | eirif | — | eirimotor† | number count(ing) sum |
| uimhir | (f)uimhir | — | nifer | niver | niver | number |
| ríomh | rìomh† | — | rhif cyfrif | riv | riñv | number to count |
| aon | aon | nane/un | un | onan | unan | one |
| céad | ciad | kied | cynt | kyns | kent | first before previous |
| dó | dha | da | dau (m) dwy (f) | dew (m) diw (f) | daou (m) div (f) | two |
| trí | trì | tree | tri (m) tair (f) | tri (m) teyr (f) | tri (m) teir (f) | three |
| ceathar | ceithir | kiare | pedwar (m) pedair (f) | peswar (m) peder (f) | pevar (m) peder (f) | four |
| cúig | cóig | queig | pump | pymp | pemp | five |
| sé | sia | shey | chwech | hwegh | c'hwec'h | six |
| seacht | seachd | siaght | saith | seyth | seizh | seven |
| ocht | ochd | hoght | wyth | eth | eizh | eight |
| naoi | naoi | nuy | naw | naw | nav | nine |
| deich | deich | jeih | deg | deg | dek | ten |
| fiche | fichead | feed | ugain | ugens | ugent | twenty |
| tríocha | trichead | treead | — | — | tregont | thirty |
| céad | ceud | keead | cant | kans | kant | hundred |
| míle | mìle | meeiley | mil | mil | mil | 1,000 |
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TheCeltiadur blog is a collection of Celtic cognates, with definitions, pronunciation, etymologies - includes the modern Celtic languages, older versions of these languages, such as Middle Welsh, Middle Breton and Old Irish, and their extinct and reconstructed relatives and ancestors, including Gaulish, Proto-Brythonic and Proto-Celtic.
On theCeltic Pathways podcast I discuss connections between the Celtic languages, and look for words with Celtic roots in non-Celtic languages, such as English, French, Spanish, Galician and Portuguese.
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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,Welsh
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