Sunday, March 18, 2012

Face, in my words

ynedh : face

The Fennas word for face is ynedh.

How did I come up with this word? The Welsh word for face is wyneb; the Irish word for face is aghaidh; and the Breton word for face is dremm.

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Leg, in my words

leg gos : leg

The Fennas word for leg is gos. Gos is a last name. Gos is a rare first name. In Catalan gos means dog. In Old English gós means goose. Gos is the name of a place in Ethiopia.

How did I come up with this word? The Welsh word for leg is coes; the Irish word for leg is cos; and the Breton word for leg is gar.

Note - I've changed the word for hand, an earlier post, from laen to lofh.