Dagne
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But then I could be checking with Russian words. This way there may be even more matches. (Though I may not know all russian words in dialects and rarely used ones...) The word with "-" means I did not find a Russian match.
english | proto-Celtic |russian| serbian (slavic)
breathe (?) | (*dū-) | /duh |duh (ghost), dah (breath), diišat| disati (breathe), diišat( to breathe)| duvati (to blow)
bridge | *brīwā- (?)| brevno| brvno (body of tree used as a improvised bridge)
bright | *belo-, beleno- (?) | belii| belo (white)
brother | *brātīr | brat| brat - PIE*
brow | *bruwi- (?) | brovi| obrva - PIE*
burn | *teφ- | topit (sink) | topiti (melt)
- buttocks | *getto- (*gesdo- ??) | guza
- by | *φari | pored (by, next to)
- car | *kʷol-ō | kola - possibly derived from old words for wagon
- care | *maro- (??) | mariti
- carpenter's tool | *kantairV- (??) | kantar (weighing tool - scale)
circle | *kuro- (?) |krug| krug
-cleft | *bulko-, -ā | pukotina
-clothes | *wīs-kā- | veš < PIE *wēs-kā
cloak | *tonakā- (?) |tunika| tunika
coal | *goglo | ugl| ugalj
cough | *kʷasto | kasliat| kašalj
counter |*φrit- | protiv| protiv
( "counter-strike" - *φrit-gʷani- , and "counter-swear" - *writ-tung-e)
cow | *bou | bul| biik| vo (ox)
cuckoo | *kouko-, kukā | kukuška| kukavica - obviosuly based on sound bird produces
cultivated (*ploughed) land | *φolkā | pole| polje (field)
curly | *krikso| krivoj| krivo (not straight)
danger,illness | *gustu | gustoj| gustugusto (dense) - used also for difficult situations such as danger, tough illness
dark | *temeno | tama(darkness) , temno| tamno (dark)
daughter | *merkā | docurka (daugther in diminutive)| ćerka
less obvious:
buds | *bakl- (??) | fakel| baklja (torch)
-build | *dema- | temelj (foundation of buidling)
chin,cheek | *groudos | grudi| grudi (breast - also in males) - common point - part of body that is sticking out...
cloud | *neglo- (??) | mgla| magla (fog)
cream | *soimeno- (?) | semena|seme(no) (seed)
breathe (?) | (*dū-) | /duh |duh (ghost), dah (breath), diišat| disati (breathe), diišat( to breathe)| duvati (to blow)
bridge | *brīwā- (?)| brevno| brvno (body of tree used as a improvised bridge)
bright | *belo-, beleno- (?) | belii| belo (white)
brother | *brātīr | brat| brat - PIE*
brow | *bruwi- (?) | brovi| obrva - PIE*
burn | *teφ- | topit (sink) | topiti (melt)
- buttocks | *getto- (*gesdo- ??) | guza
- by | *φari | pored (by, next to)
- car | *kʷol-ō | kola - possibly derived from old words for wagon
- care | *maro- (??) | mariti
- carpenter's tool | *kantairV- (??) | kantar (weighing tool - scale)
circle | *kuro- (?) |krug| krug
-cleft | *bulko-, -ā | pukotina
-clothes | *wīs-kā- | veš < PIE *wēs-kā
cloak | *tonakā- (?) |tunika| tunika
coal | *goglo | ugl| ugalj
cough | *kʷasto | kasliat| kašalj
counter |*φrit- | protiv| protiv
( "counter-strike" - *φrit-gʷani- , and "counter-swear" - *writ-tung-e)
cow | *bou | bul| biik| vo (ox)
cuckoo | *kouko-, kukā | kukuška| kukavica - obviosuly based on sound bird produces
cultivated (*ploughed) land | *φolkā | pole| polje (field)
curly | *krikso| krivoj| krivo (not straight)
danger,illness | *gustu | gustoj| gustugusto (dense) - used also for difficult situations such as danger, tough illness
dark | *temeno | tama(darkness) , temno| tamno (dark)
daughter | *merkā | docurka (daugther in diminutive)| ćerka
less obvious:
buds | *bakl- (??) | fakel| baklja (torch)
-build | *dema- | temelj (foundation of buidling)
chin,cheek | *groudos | grudi| grudi (breast - also in males) - common point - part of body that is sticking out...
cloud | *neglo- (??) | mgla| magla (fog)
cream | *soimeno- (?) | semena|seme(no) (seed)
daughter | *genet(t)ā | žena| žena (wife, woman) - Celtic word sounds to me as a demunitive for word woman
day | *din | den| dan
dead | *marwo | mertvii| mrtvo
dear | *dreuto- / *drouto-, *drūto | dorogoi| drago
decay |*mrato | umeret| mreti (in process of dying)
deceive | *lug | lgat| lagati (to lie)
-deception | *kloφni- | klopka (trap)
deep | *dubno-, *dubni | gluboki| duboko
deer | *el-lant-ī- (?), *el-an-ī | olen| jelen
defecate | *kakk-āje/o | kakat| kaki(ti) (usually used for small children, babies)
depraved | *mallo | malii| malo (=little)
depth | *dubno-tero | glubina| dubina
-detach |*skart-āje/o | škartirati (throw away, reject) - could be loan perhaps germanic
-dirt; anger | *brokkV- / *brukko-, -ā- (?) | bruka (emberassment - which is in fact a word for dirt event that cause anger)
disgust | *gragni- (?) | groznii (threatening) grozno (disgusting), gadjenje (disgust), zgroziti se (to become disgusted)
-dog | *kwū, *kun | kuče, kuca (small dog), kuna (martel)
door, gate | *dworestu- (?) | dvor| dvorište (garden), dver| dveri (gate, door)
-double | *dwei-φlo | duplo
dough | *taisto | testo| testo
dove | *kolombo- (or < Lat.?) | golub| golub
drink | *φib-e/o- | piće (drink), pit| piti (to drink) - φ was so far always 'p'
druid |*derwo-wid- (?) | drvo | drevo (tree) + vid| vidit (vision|to see) - world was seen as a tree...druids were people able to see in the tree
not so obvious:
doctor | *lī(φ)agi- (??) | lekar| lekar
dawn | *wāsri | zaria| zora
- dig | *kʷal-e/o| kal (mud, ground)
- ditch | klado | klada (log) - guess due to bugs bunny cartoons but I always imagine ditch behind a log...
day | *din | den| dan
dead | *marwo | mertvii| mrtvo
dear | *dreuto- / *drouto-, *drūto | dorogoi| drago
decay |*mrato | umeret| mreti (in process of dying)
deceive | *lug | lgat| lagati (to lie)
-deception | *kloφni- | klopka (trap)
deep | *dubno-, *dubni | gluboki| duboko
deer | *el-lant-ī- (?), *el-an-ī | olen| jelen
defecate | *kakk-āje/o | kakat| kaki(ti) (usually used for small children, babies)
depraved | *mallo | malii| malo (=little)
depth | *dubno-tero | glubina| dubina
-detach |*skart-āje/o | škartirati (throw away, reject) - could be loan perhaps germanic
-dirt; anger | *brokkV- / *brukko-, -ā- (?) | bruka (emberassment - which is in fact a word for dirt event that cause anger)
disgust | *gragni- (?) | groznii (threatening) grozno (disgusting), gadjenje (disgust), zgroziti se (to become disgusted)
-dog | *kwū, *kun | kuče, kuca (small dog), kuna (martel)
door, gate | *dworestu- (?) | dvor| dvorište (garden), dver| dveri (gate, door)
-double | *dwei-φlo | duplo
dough | *taisto | testo| testo
dove | *kolombo- (or < Lat.?) | golub| golub
drink | *φib-e/o- | piće (drink), pit| piti (to drink) - φ was so far always 'p'
druid |*derwo-wid- (?) | drvo | drevo (tree) + vid| vidit (vision|to see) - world was seen as a tree...druids were people able to see in the tree
not so obvious:
doctor | *lī(φ)agi- (??) | lekar| lekar
dawn | *wāsri | zaria| zora
- dig | *kʷal-e/o| kal (mud, ground)
- ditch | klado | klada (log) - guess due to bugs bunny cartoons but I always imagine ditch behind a log...
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