Sunday, December 25, 2011

Heart, in my words

celtic heartcraon : heart

The Fennas word for heart is craon. Craon is the name of several towns in France. Le Château de Craon is an 18th century French castle. Craon is an unusual last name.

How did I come up with this word? The Welsh word for heart is galon/calon; the Irish word for heart is croi; and the Breton word for heart is kalon.

The graphic shows a Celtic heart soap mold.

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Foot, in my words

foottroc : foot

The Fennas word for foot is troc. Troc is an uncommon last name. The Troc can be short for The Trocadero Theatre in Philadelphia. Troc means barter in French.

How did I come up with this word? The Welsh word for foot is troed/droed; the Irish word for foot is cos; and the Breton word for foot is troad.

The foot graphic shown is a "Monty Python foot".