gaulish in English
The Roman town of Segustero in the land of the Gaulish tribe of the Vocontii was built at the foot of the impressive hill on which the modern town of Sisteron now stands, but which must have been the site of a hillfort in the pre-Roman period.
Why, for that matter, do so few inscriptions survive in ‘British’, or Brythonic, when the Celtic language known as Gaulish was being written down in much of continental Europe?
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1. The Gaulish and Brythonic Celtic Gods
2. 1) Word Origin for Bullace C14: from Old French beloce, from Medieval Latin bolluca, perhaps of Gaulish origin
3. Cisalpine Gaulish is so called from the Roman point of view, for whom Cisalpine Gaul was the land inhabited by the “Gauls on this side of the Alps”, whereas its antonym Transalpine Gaulish refers to the idiom of the people who stayed behind in Gaul proper, “on the far side of the Alps”, that is …
4. Originally a large and prosperous Phrygian city on the Persian Royal Road, Ancyra became the centre of the Tectosages, one of the three Gaulish tribes that settled permanently in …
5. Bragget — ˈbragə̇t noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English braket, bragot, from Middle Welsh bragod, from brag malt; akin to Middle Irish mraich, braich malt, Gaulish bracis grain for making malt, Latin marcēre to wither
6. Pronounciation other forms* meaning; Ailbhe (m/f) AL vyeh: Alvy; Ailbe: Either from ail, "rock," Albho, "white" or Gaulish albiorix "world king.": Aillean : AL yan -meaning is unknown
7. Biretta (n.) square cap worn by Catholic clergy, 1590s, from Italian beretta, from Late Latin birrus, birrum "large cloak with hood;" which is perhaps of Gaulish origin, or from Greek pyrros "flame-colored, yellow."
8. [Middle English aundiren, alteration (influenced by Middle English iren, iron) of Old French andier, probably from Gaulish *anderos, young bull (Andirons often being decorated with ornaments shaped like the heads of animals); akin to Welsh anner, heifer.]
9. History and Etymology for Bragget Middle English braket, bragot, from Middle Welsh bragod, from brag malt; akin to Middle Irish mraich, braich malt, Gaulish bracis grain for making malt, Latin marcēre to wither, droop Learn More about Bragget …
10. It would seem as if the episode of the celebrated vase of Soissons were an incident of the campaign against Syagrius, and it proves that, although a pagan , Clovis continued his father's policy by remaining on amicable terms with Gaulish episcopate.
11. The Gaulish Celts inhabited the region corresponding to modern-day France, Switzerland, southern and western Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg and northern Italy.The Brythonic Celts, or Britons, inhabited most of the island of Great Britain and later migrated to Brittany.
12. 1300, from Old French andier "Andiron," which is of unknown origin, perhaps from Gaulish *andero-"a young bull" (source also of Welsh anner "heifer"), which would make sense if they once had bull's heads cast onto them
13. ‘Wood, if carefully chosen, Carpentered, and prepared, makes an excellent support on which to paint.’ Origin Middle English from Anglo-Norman French, from Old French carpentier, charpentier, from late Latin carpentarius (artifex) ‘carriage (maker)’, from carpentum ‘wagon’, of Gaulish origin; related to car .
14. Bushel (n.) early 14c., measure of capacity containing four pecks or eight gallons, from Old French boissel "Bushel" (13c., Modern French boisseau), probably from boisse, a grain measure based on Gallo-Roman *bostia "handful," from Gaulish *bosta "palm of the hand" (compare Irish bass, Breton boz "the hollow of the hand").
15. Brusque (adj.) in older use also brusk, "abrupt in manner, rude," 1650s, from French Brusque "lively, fierce," from Italian adjective brusco "sharp, tart, rough," perhaps from Vulgar Latin *bruscum "butcher's broom plant," from Late Latin brucus "heather," from Gaulish *bruko-(compare Breton brug "heath," Old Irish froech).Related: Brusquely; Brusqueness.
16. The Celtic Cisalpine Gaulish inscriptions are frequently combined with the Lepontic inscriptions under the term Celtic language remains in northern Italy.While it is possible that the Lepontians were autochthonous to northern Italy since the end of the 2nd millennium BC, it is well-known [citation needed] that the Gauls invaded the regions north of the river Po in several waves since the 5th
17. Brusque (adj.) in older use also brusk, "abrupt in manner, rude," 1650s, from French brusque "lively, fierce," from Italian adjective brusco "sharp, tart, rough," perhaps from Vulgar Latin *bruscum "butcher's broom plant," from Late Latin brucus "heather," from Gaulish *bruko-(compare Breton brug "heath," Old Irish froech).Related: Brusquely; Brusqueness.
18. Bar (n.1) late 12c., "stake or rod of iron used to fasten a door or gate," from Old French Barre "beam, Bar, gate, Barrier" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *Barra "Bar, Barrier," which some suggest is from Gaulish *Barros "the bushy end" [Gamillscheg, etc.], but OED regards this as "discredited" because it "in no way suits the sense."
19. Bung (n.) mid-15c., "large stopper for a cask," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Middle Dutch bonge "stopper;" or perhaps from French bonde "Bung, Bunghole" (15c.), which may be of Germanic origin (or the Germanic words may be borrowed from Romanic), or it may be from Gaulish *bunda (compare Old Irish bonn, Gaelic bonn, Welsh bon "base, sole of the foot").