These lists of English words of Celtic origin include

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

words derived from

Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language * Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Fo ...

origins. These are, for example,

Common Brittonic Common Brittonic ( cy, Brythoneg; kw, Brythonek; br, Predeneg), also known as British, Common Brythonic, or Proto-Brittonic, was a Celtic language spoken in Britain and Brittany. It is a form of Insular Celtic, descended from Proto-Celtic, a ...

Gaulish Gaulish was an ancient Celtic languages, Celtic language spoken in parts of Continental Europe before and during the period of the Roman Empire. In the narrow sense, Gaulish was the language of the Celts of Gaul (now France, Luxembourg, Belgium ...

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as ...

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...

, or other languages.

Lists of English words derived from Celtic language

List of English words of Brittonic origin Few English words are known to come directly from Brittonic. More can be proven to derive from Gaulish, which arrived through Norman French, often strengthened in form and use by Church/state Latin. This list omits words of Celtic origin coming ...

List of English words of Gaulish origin A list of English Language words derived from the Celtic Gaulish language, entering English via Old Frankish or Vulgar Latin and Old French ; ambassador : from Old French ''embassadeur'', from Latin ''ambactus'', from Gaulish ''*ambactos'', "serv ...

List of English words of Irish origin This is a list of English language words from the Irish language with links provided to pronunciation in all three primarily Irish dialects, spoken by native Irish speakers, provided by Foras na Gaeilge. ;banshee (from Irish ''bainsídhe/beans� ...

List of English words of Scottish Gaelic origin This is a list of English language, English words borrowed from Scottish Gaelic. Some of these are common in Scottish English and Scots language, Scots but less so in other varieties of English. Words of Scottish Gaelic origin ; Bard:''Collin ...

List of English words of Welsh origin This is a list of English language words of Welsh language origin. As with the Goidelic languages, the Brythonic tongues are close enough for possible derivations from Cumbric, Cornish or Breton in some cases. Beyond the acquisition of commo ...

References

* Davies, John
On Keltic Words used by Early English Writers
* * *Tristram, Hildegaard 2007: "Why Don't the English Speak Wels

retrieved Jan.24,2014. *Douglas Harper,"Online Etymology Dictionar

retrieved Jan.24,2014. *Hoad, TF (ed) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology (1993) Oxford University Press *Hoad, T.F. (ed) (1986) Oxford Concise Dictionary of English Etymology Oxford *MacBain, A. (1911) An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language *Weekley, Ernest (1921), An Etymological Dictionary of Modern Englis

*Skeat, Walter W (1888), An Etymological Dictionary the English Languag

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