How many old Irish, Gaelic or Welsh words made it into the English language?

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How many old Irish, Gaelic or Welsh words made it into the English language?

How many can you think of?

2006-11-08 00:03:33 · 3 answers · asked by Perseus 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages

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Penguin is Welsh. It comes from "pen" meaning head and "gwyn" meaning white. There are also geographical names and terms such as cwm (combe) and tor and I understand that bucket, car, crockery, noggin, gob, slogan and flannel, truant and gaol are also words of Celtic origin, although I have misgivings about "car", as it corresponds to the Latin "carrus" meaning cart. However, greater scholars than I are convinced otherwise.

2006-11-08 00:59:55 · answer #1 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋

1. Trousers

2006-11-08 00:16:49 · answer #2 · answered by schmagum 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋

I can only think of "galore" from Irish "go leor"=enough.

2006-11-08 00:54:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋