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tag-etymology tag-haywire tag-language tag-omniglot tag-podcast tag-words"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.omniglot.com/radio/?p=3850" rel="bookmark">Adventures in Etymology – Haywire</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://www.omniglot.com/radio/?p=3850" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-22T11:48:00+00:00">22nd March 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-22T11:49:53+00:00">22nd March 2025</time></a></span><span class="byline"> By <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.omniglot.com/radio/?author=1">Simon</a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/AudioObject"><meta itemprop="name" content="Adventures in Etymology &#8211; Haywire" /><meta itemprop="uploadDate" content="2025-03-22T11:48:00+00:00" /><meta itemprop="encodingFormat" content="audio/mpeg" /><meta itemprop="duration" content="PT1M51S" /><meta itemprop="description" content="Haywire is wire used to bind bales of hay, and can also refer to something that's roughly-made, erratic or uncontrollable. How are these meanings related? Let's find out in this Adventure in Etymology. As a noun, haywire [ˈheɪ.waɪ.ə(ɹ) / ˈheɪ.waɪɚ..." /><meta itemprop="contentUrl" content="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/etymology/haywire.mp3" /><meta itemprop="contentSize" content="2.0" /><div class="powerpress_player" id="powerpress_player_427"> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-3850-1" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/etymology/haywire.mp3?_=1" /><a href="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/etymology/haywire.mp3">https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/etymology/haywire.mp3</a></audio></div></div><p class="powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3" style="margin-bottom: 1px !important;">Podcast: <a href="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/etymology/haywire.mp3" class="powerpress_link_pinw" target="_blank" title="Play in new window" onclick="return powerpress_pinw('https://www.omniglot.com/radio/?powerpress_pinw=3850-podcast');" rel="nofollow">Play in new window</a> | <a href="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/etymology/haywire.mp3" class="powerpress_link_d" title="Download" rel="nofollow" download="haywire.mp3">Download</a></p><p><strong>Haywire</strong> is wire used to bind bales of hay, and can also refer to something that’s roughly-made, erratic or uncontrollable. How are these meanings related? Let’s find out in this Adventure in Etymology.</p> <p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/borninyork/7139506141/in/photolist-bSTQrt-2jWXLYw-2k8prSq-6thVHJ-2kV4ZrU-2mKJpKJ-6thVYW-5yzBN7-PGxHTd-8siT57-cDcceG-WVwx1Y-24D9cXX-67VWoS-67RKcv-dVYhdP-znvXnD-2jr8DM2-MTwfob-67RL6M-7cJ5SG-2kG7iPW-fD1imr-LAdT3r-2qxqP9C-28evFyh-2qcrPtM-RZjC3b-ekNHpv-a2a2Lw-2NRQH8-9qvm7E-6c4veb-4KeXbz-RGaGbt-2qfLGPe-2fmY5V-GzJZR5-GKM8dw-8KTRut-5NkUV8-QGmnD4-nDhAQW-nHgGKz-oqEWLx-6nQvFZ-oozSrY-cJr4g9-noQz36-qTtt4M" title="Baling twine repair"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/7255/7139506141_404070ed56_z.jpg" width="640" height="422" alt="Baling twine repair"/></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p>As a noun, <strong>haywire</strong> [ˈheɪ.waɪ.ə(ɹ) / ˈheɪ.waɪɚ] means wire used for binding bales of hay, straw or grass, and is also known as bale wire, baling wire, farm wire or soft wire.</p> <p>As an adjective, <strong>haywire</strong> means roughly-made, unsophisticated, decrepit, or behaviorally erratic or uncontrollable, especially when referring to machines and mechanical processes.</p> <p>As a verb, <strong>to haywire</strong> means to attach or fix with haywire, and <strong>to go haywire</strong> means to become wildly confused, out of control, or mentally unbalanced. [<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/go_haywire#English">source</a>].</p> <p>Originally <strong>haywire</strong> meant likely to become tangled unpredictably or unusably, or fall apart, as if bound by the soft springy wire used to bind hay bales. This usage comes from lumber camps in New England in 1905, when a <strong>haywire outfit</strong> was a company that patched up machinery temporarily using haywire rather than fixed it properly [<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/haywire">source</a>].</p> <p><iframe name="ngram_chart" src="https://books.google.com/ngrams/interactive_chart?content=haywire&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=en&smoothing=3" width=900 height=500 marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 hspace=0 vspace=0 frameborder=0 scrolling=no></iframe></p> <p>The expression <strong>to go haywire</strong>, which first appeared in writing in the 1920s, represents something held together or repaired with haywire falling apart or behaving unpredicatbly, or something that has gone wrong or is no good. 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See if you can guess what language this is:</p> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-3848-3" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz160325.mp3?_=3" /><a href="http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz160325.mp3">http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz160325.mp3</a></audio> <p>Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in the Southeast Sulawesi Province in Indonesia.</p> <p>The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was: <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/writing/arikara.htm">Arikara</a> (Sáhniš), a Northern Caddoan language spoken in Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota, USA.</p> <p><iframe loading="lazy" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8gnRrOYyEKI?si=beHWWC05eVv0OyHH" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>In this week’s <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/radio/?page_id=2644">Celtic Pathways</a> podcast, we discover the possible Celtic roots of words for <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/radio/?p=3822">Soot</a> in French and other languages..</p> <p><iframe loading="lazy" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bVvHa195AOo?si=iyDU7mzqxWiO-iXI" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>It’s also available on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DHOwaUXNGvr/">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@ommiglot/video/7482111096007003414">TikTok</a>.</p> <p>On the Celtiadur blog, there are new posts about words for <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/celtiadur/2025/03/15/soot/">Soot</a> and <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/celtiadur/2025/03/11/benches/">Benches</a> and related things in Celtic languages, and I made improvements to the post about <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/celtiadur/2020/04/13/hedgehogs/">Hedgehogs</a></p> <p>Improved page: <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/writing/tulu.htm">Tulu</a> language page.</p> <p>For more Omniglot News, see:<br /> <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/news/">https://www.omniglot.com/news/</a><br /> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/omniglot/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/omniglot/</a><br /> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Omniglot-100430558332117">https://www.facebook.com/Omniglot-100430558332117</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.japanesepod101.com/member/go.php?r=759259&i=b0" rel="nofollow"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.omniglot.com/images/banners/japanesepod101.jpg" width="200" height="200" style="float:right; margin: 0 0 0 15px;" alt="JapanesePod101.com" /></a></p> <p>You can also listen to this podcast on: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/radio-omniglot/id1432641094">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/8b1b1d1b-b39e-4277-b28d-479a3b5043b3/radio-omniglot">Amazon Music</a>, <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/radio-omniglot">Stitcher</a>, <a href="https://tunein.com/podcasts/Education-Podcasts/Radio-Omniglot-p1154145/">TuneIn</a>, <a href="https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/radio-omniglot-716327">Podchaser</a>, <a href="https://player.fm/series/radio-omniglot">PlayerFM</a> or <a href="https://podtail.com/da/podcast/radio-omniglot/">podtail</a>.</p> <p>If you would like to support this podcast, you can make a donation via <a href="https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=aLjPfXL-vP_1gQ_U23Iz8_hSWLlhzLHPMFZrt32dIEfG8htoNFLYaPoWkv8&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8def8934b92a630e40b7fef61ab7e9fe63">PayPal</a> or <a href="https://www.patreon.com/omniglot">Patreon</a>, or <a href="http://www.omniglot.com/donations.htm">contribute to Omniglot in other ways</a>.</p> <p>Radio Omniglot podcasts are brought to you in association with <a href="https://blubrry.com/services/podcast-hosting/?code=omniglot">Blubrry Podcast Hosting</a>, a great place to host your podcasts. 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The Proto-Celtic word *sūdyā means soot and comes from Proto-Indo-European *suh₃d- (soot [?]), or from sed- (to sit) [source]. ..." /><meta itemprop="contentUrl" content="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/celticpathways/soot.mp3" /><meta itemprop="contentSize" content="1.3" /><div class="powerpress_player" id="powerpress_player_429"><audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-3836-4" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/celticpathways/soot.mp3?_=4" /><a href="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/celticpathways/soot.mp3">https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/celticpathways/soot.mp3</a></audio></div></div><p class="powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3" style="margin-bottom: 1px !important;">Podcast: <a href="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/celticpathways/soot.mp3" class="powerpress_link_pinw" target="_blank" title="Play in new window" onclick="return powerpress_pinw('https://www.omniglot.com/radio/?powerpress_pinw=3836-podcast');" rel="nofollow">Play in new window</a> | <a href="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/celticpathways/soot.mp3" class="powerpress_link_d" title="Download" rel="nofollow" download="soot.mp3">Download</a></p><p>In this episode we discover the possible Celtic roots of words for <strong>soot</strong> in English, French and various other languages.</p> <p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/112261457@N06/33398368658/in/photolist-STinqo-rhtLns-3zST4N-ZQKjEN-FYFEaF-rc2XP-cWg4yh-5N4HUM-8MQyG-r4xL96-3gKWnK-bXdyCx-8mPt11-2icdrms-2o5t4Fv-2jAmL2D-96MEHr-8kxCq4-RD8DE5-6hKwm-2mrYiS4-aMmhPe-aEHEEY-2kQce4L-cRTwyY-wCcoe-bGP358-5Z2Anw-2icbfBL-dXkZ7c-FLWER6-ZvPDXA-2gnW1fU-2qtJLWe-2ktoevy-2kfynGR-5YXj5z-kiQE3r-UT91Tu-uioey-2onwm66-2mwK2QD-2ms5mCe-2mrZzcE-2qsSAFc-2ontA2E-2pUapfy-s8V3zd-28i8yuK-pZdYzi" title="Anybody else smell smoke??"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/7903/33398368658_d79cd4108b_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="Anybody else smell smoke??"/></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p>The Proto-Celtic word <strong>*sūdyā</strong> means soot and comes from Proto-Indo-European <em>*suh₃d-</em> (soot [?]), or from <em>sed-</em> (to sit) [<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/huddygl#Welsh">source</a>].</p> <p>Related words in the modern Celtic languages include: </p> <ul> <li><strong>súiche</strong> [ˈsˠuːçɪ] = soot in Irish</li> <li><strong>sùith</strong> [suːj] = soot in Scottish Gaelic</li> <li><strong>sooie</strong> = smut, soot in Manx</li> <li><strong>huddygl</strong> [ˈhɨ̞ðɨ̞ɡl / ˈhɪðɪɡl] = soot in Welsh</li> <li><strong>hudhygel</strong> = soot in Cornish</li> <li><strong>huzil</strong> [ˈhyː(z)il] = soot in Breton</li> </ul> <p>For more about words for <strong>soot</strong> and related things in Celtic languages, see the Celtiadur post: <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/celtiadur/2025/03/15/soot/">Soot</a>.</p> <p>Words from the same Proto-Celtic root, via Gaulish <em>*sūdiā</em> (soot [?]), include <strong>sutge</strong> (soot) in Catalan, <strong>suie</strong> (soot) in French, and maybe <strong>soot</strong> in English, <strong>sot</strong> (soot) in Swedish, <strong>sadza</strong> (soot) in Polish, <strong>сажа</strong> (saža – soot) in Russian, and <strong>saze</strong> (soot) in Czech [<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/s%C5%ABdy%C4%81">source</a>].</p> <p>Incidentally, another Welsh word for soot is <strong>fflacs</strong>, which refers specifically to soot blown down a chimney on a windy day [<a href="https://welsh-dictionary.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html">source</a>].</p> <p>Radio Omniglot podcasts are brought to you in association with <a href="https://blubrry.com/services/podcast-hosting/?code=omniglot">Blubrry Podcast Hosting</a>, a great place to host your podcasts. 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datetime="2025-03-15T18:11:44+00:00">15th March 2025</time></a></span><span class="byline"> By <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.omniglot.com/radio/?author=1">Simon</a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/AudioObject"><meta itemprop="name" content="Omniglot News (09/03/25)" /><meta itemprop="uploadDate" content="2025-03-09T17:13:00+00:00" /><meta itemprop="encodingFormat" content="audio/mpeg" /><meta itemprop="duration" content="PT2M31S" /><meta itemprop="description" content=" Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New language pages: Mpiemo (Mbimu), a Bantu language spoken in the Central African Republic, Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo. Ebira (èbìrà), a Volta-Niger language spoken mainly in Kog..." /><meta itemprop="contentUrl" content="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/news/news090325.mp3" /><meta itemprop="contentSize" content="3.3" /><div class="powerpress_player" id="powerpress_player_430"><audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-3830-5" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/news/news090325.mp3?_=5" /><a href="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/news/news090325.mp3">https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/news/news090325.mp3</a></audio></div></div><p class="powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3" style="margin-bottom: 1px !important;">Podcast: <a href="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/news/news090325.mp3" class="powerpress_link_pinw" target="_blank" title="Play in new window" onclick="return powerpress_pinw('https://www.omniglot.com/radio/?powerpress_pinw=3830-podcast');" rel="nofollow">Play in new window</a> | <a href="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/news/news090325.mp3" class="powerpress_link_d" title="Download" rel="nofollow" download="news090325.mp3">Download</a></p><p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.omniglot.com/images/logos/logo_omniglotnews-small.jpg" width="200" height="200" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px;" alt="Omniglot News" /></p> <p>Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.</p> <p>New language pages: </p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.omniglot.com/writing/mpiemo.htm">Mpiemo</a> (Mbimu), a Bantu language spoken in the Central African Republic, Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo.</li> <li><a href="https://www.omniglot.com/writing/ebira.htm">Ebira</a> (èbìrà), a Volta-Niger language spoken mainly in Kogi State in central Nigeria.</li> <li><a href="https://www.omniglot.com/writing/gun.htm">Gun</a> (Gungbe), an Eastern Gbe language spoken in southeastern Benin and southwestern Nigeria.</li> </ul> <p>New adapted script: <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/conscripts/sxavo.htm">Shavian for Esperanto (Ŝava alfabeto)</a>, a way to write Esperanto with the Shavian (Shaw) Alphabet.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.omniglot.com/images/langsamples/udhr_sxava.jpg" width="600" height="95" title="Sample text in Shavian for Esperanto" alt="𐑗𐑦𐑪𐑢 𐑣𐑩𐑫𐑩𐑢 𐑧𐑕𐑑𐑨𐑕 𐑛𐑧𐑵𐑨𐑕𐑒𐑧 𐑤𐑦𐑚𐑧𐑮𐑨𐑢 𐑒𐑨𐑢 𐑧𐑜𐑨𐑤𐑨𐑢 𐑤𐑨𐑘 𐑛𐑦𐑜𐑵𐑩 𐑒𐑨𐑢 𐑮𐑨𐑢𐑑𐑩𐑢. 𐑦𐑤𐑦 𐑐𐑩𐑕𐑧𐑛𐑨𐑕 𐑮𐑨𐑔𐑦𐑩𐑵 𐑒𐑨𐑢 𐑒𐑩𐑵𐑕𐑔𐑦𐑧𐑵𐑔𐑩𐑵, 𐑒𐑨𐑢 𐑛𐑧𐑝𐑪𐑕 𐑒𐑩𐑵𐑛𐑪𐑑𐑦 𐑪𐑵𐑪 𐑨𐑤 𐑨𐑤𐑦𐑨 𐑧𐑵 𐑕𐑐𐑦𐑮𐑦𐑑𐑩 𐑛𐑧 𐑓𐑮𐑨𐑑𐑧𐑔𐑩." /></p> <p>New numbers page: </p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.omniglot.com/language/numbers/ebira.htm">Ebira</a>, a Volta-Niger language spoken in central Nigeria.</li> </ul> <p>New Tower of Babel translation: <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/babel/ebira.htm">Ebira</a>, a Volta-Niger language spoken in central Nigeria.</p> <p>On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/bloggle/?p=23922">Swallowing Camels</a> about some interesting Danish idioms, and there’s also the usual <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/bloggle/?p=23934">Language Quiz</a>. See if you can guess what language this is:</p> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-3830-6" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz090325.mp3?_=6" /><a href="http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz090325.mp3">http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz090325.mp3</a></audio> <p>Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in North Dakota in the USA.</p> <p>The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was: <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/writing/kurukh.htm">Kurukh</a> (कुड़ुख़), a northern Dravidian language spoken mainly in northern India, and also in Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan.</p> <p><iframe loading="lazy" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QMNBUmWBZ-o?si=mVeR3Y0py1wwvPNR" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>In this week’s <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/radio/?page_id=2614">Adventure in Etymology</a>, we’re grasping the <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/radio/?p=3822">Cash</a> box as we look into the origins of the word <strong>cash</strong>.</p> <p><iframe loading="lazy" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bAqwvXehZWg?si=qu1ujQwxBNh1lBxM" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>It’s also available on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DG8naqHOyMd/">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@ommiglot/video/7479496175461141782">TikTok</a>.</p> <p>A <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/adventures-in-123783593">bonus Adventure in Etymology</a> is avalable on my <a href="https://www.patreon.com/omniglot">Patreon page</a>.</p> <p>On the Celtiadur blog, there’s a new post entitled <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/celtiadur/2025/03/03/satisfying-pleasure/">Satisfying Pleasure</a> about words for <strong>satisfaction</strong>, <strong>pleasure</strong>, <strong>gratitude</strong> and related things in Celtic languages.</p> <p>For more Omniglot News, see:<br /> <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/news/">https://www.omniglot.com/news/</a><br /> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/omniglot/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/omniglot/</a><br /> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Omniglot-100430558332117">https://www.facebook.com/Omniglot-100430558332117</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.japanesepod101.com/member/go.php?r=759259&i=b0" rel="nofollow"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.omniglot.com/images/banners/japanesepod101.jpg" width="200" height="200" style="float:right; margin: 0 0 0 15px;" alt="JapanesePod101.com" /></a></p> <p>You can also listen to this podcast on: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/radio-omniglot/id1432641094">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/8b1b1d1b-b39e-4277-b28d-479a3b5043b3/radio-omniglot">Amazon Music</a>, <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/radio-omniglot">Stitcher</a>, <a href="https://tunein.com/podcasts/Education-Podcasts/Radio-Omniglot-p1154145/">TuneIn</a>, <a href="https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/radio-omniglot-716327">Podchaser</a>, <a href="https://player.fm/series/radio-omniglot">PlayerFM</a> or <a href="https://podtail.com/da/podcast/radio-omniglot/">podtail</a>.</p> <p>If you would like to support this podcast, you can make a donation via <a href="https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=aLjPfXL-vP_1gQ_U23Iz8_hSWLlhzLHPMFZrt32dIEfG8htoNFLYaPoWkv8&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8def8934b92a630e40b7fef61ab7e9fe63">PayPal</a> or <a href="https://www.patreon.com/omniglot">Patreon</a>, or <a href="http://www.omniglot.com/donations.htm">contribute to Omniglot in other ways</a>.</p> <p>Radio Omniglot podcasts are brought to you in association with <a href="https://blubrry.com/services/podcast-hosting/?code=omniglot">Blubrry Podcast Hosting</a>, a great place to host your podcasts. 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Cash [kæʃ] is: Money in the form of notes or bills and coins Liquid assets, money that can be traded quickly, as distinct from assets that..." /><meta itemprop="contentUrl" content="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/etymology/cash.mp3" /><meta itemprop="contentSize" content="2.6" /><div class="powerpress_player" id="powerpress_player_431"><audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-3822-7" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/etymology/cash.mp3?_=7" /><a href="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/etymology/cash.mp3">https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/etymology/cash.mp3</a></audio></div></div><p class="powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3" style="margin-bottom: 1px !important;">Podcast: <a href="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/etymology/cash.mp3" class="powerpress_link_pinw" target="_blank" title="Play in new window" onclick="return powerpress_pinw('https://www.omniglot.com/radio/?powerpress_pinw=3822-podcast');" rel="nofollow">Play in new window</a> | <a href="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/etymology/cash.mp3" class="powerpress_link_d" title="Download" rel="nofollow" download="cash.mp3">Download</a></p><p>In this Adventure in Etymology, we are grasping the cash box as we look into the origins of the word <strong>cash</strong>.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.omniglot.com/images/videos/cash2.jpg" width="630" height="354" alt="Cash - part of my collection of coins and banknotes" /></p> <p><strong>Cash</strong> [kæʃ] is:</p> <ul> <li>Money in the form of notes or bills and coins</li> <li>Liquid assets, money that can be traded quickly, as distinct from assets that are invested and cannot be easily exchanged.</li> <li>Money.</li> <li>A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box. (<em>archaic</em>)</li> </ul> <p>It comes from Middle French <em>caisse</em> (money box, chest), from Occitan <em>caissa</em> from Latin <em>capsa</em> (box, case, holder, repository, bookcase), from <em>capiō</em> (to take, capture, seize), from Old Latin <em>kapio</em>, from Proto-Italic <em>*kapjō</em> (to take, seize), from Proto-Indo-European <em>*kapyéti</em> (to be grasping), from <em>*kap-</em> (to seize, grab, hold) [<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cash#English">source</a>].</p> <p>Words from the same roots include <strong>case</strong>, <strong>chase</strong>, <strong>have</strong>, <strong>haven</strong>, <strong>heave</strong>, <strong>heft</strong> and <strong>disciple</strong> in English, <strong>caja</strong> (box, case, bank) in Spanish, <strong>caisse</strong> (box, crate, cash register) in French, <strong>hebben</strong> (to have, possess, own, hold) in Dutch, and <strong>cuach</strong> (bowl, goblet) in Irish [<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kap-">source</a>].</p> <p>Hang on, how is <strong>disciple</strong> related to <strong>cash</strong>? Well, it comes from Middle English <em>disciple</em> (disciple), from Old English <em>discipul</em> (disciple, scholar), from Latin <em>discipulus</em> (student, pupil, disciple, scholar), from <em>dis-</em> (asunder, apart) and Proto-Italic <em>*kapelos</em> (one who takes), from <em>*kapiō</em> (to take), from Proto-Indo-European <em>*kapyéti</em>, etc. So a disciple or scholar could be one said to be who ‘takes apart’ ideas, knowledge, etc. [<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/disciple#English">source</a>].</p> <p>There are many other words for <strong>cash</strong> and <strong>money</strong> in English, including <strong>brass</strong>, <strong>bread</strong>, <strong>dosh</strong>, <strong>dough</strong>, <strong>funds</strong>, <strong>moolah</strong>, <strong>readies</strong>, <strong>spondoolicks</strong> and <strong>wonga</strong> – do you know any others? 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Bangor Pier. Photo by Simon Ager The Proto-Celtic word *kagyom means pen or enclosure, and comes from the Proto-Indo-European..." /><meta itemprop="contentUrl" content="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/celticpathways/quays.mp3" /><meta itemprop="contentSize" content="1.8" /><div class="powerpress_player" id="powerpress_player_433"><audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-3809-10" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/celticpathways/quays.mp3?_=10" /><a href="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/celticpathways/quays.mp3">https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/celticpathways/quays.mp3</a></audio></div></div><p class="powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3" style="margin-bottom: 1px !important;">Podcast: <a href="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/celticpathways/quays.mp3" class="powerpress_link_pinw" target="_blank" title="Play in new window" onclick="return powerpress_pinw('https://www.omniglot.com/radio/?powerpress_pinw=3809-podcast');" rel="nofollow">Play in new window</a> | <a href="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/celticpathways/quays.mp3" class="powerpress_link_d" title="Download" rel="nofollow" download="quays.mp3">Download</a></p><p>In this episode we discover the Celtic roots of words for <strong>quay</strong>, <strong>jetty</strong>, <strong>pier</strong>, etc. in English, French and other languages.</p> <p><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/omniglot/48032341046/in/photolist-2pT9vJo-2pT9vW2-2pT9XPf-2pT9XSg-2pUH4Ya-2pUKdkv-2pUKdpy-2hGP5Xs-2hGSNow-2jGzSq8-2jGEbMz-2jGEbN1-2krazqm-2kGSqHE-2kGSqT9-2kGSqVy-2kGWCnT-2kGWCt9-2kGWCtz-2kGWCAt-2mBgg2m-2mBgg4L-2mBoRiv-2mUr65v-2mUzHwR-2nyKeUi-2nBBMqj-2nBGJaa-2nBGRkE-2nBGRsi-2nBJbEA-2nBKgzK-Gs7Hrx-He83FJ-HguAjP-HjBaY7-KDZNws-KVXoyh-KYtBPn-L2XdFF-PUdhsc-Ts2ddx-Wjvyuo-XLnXQL-YNtEmJ-252DzHv-252YuYt-2a3gdsZ-2gbsiz9-2gbswgD" title="Bangor Pier"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48032341046_0eceb2f69d_z.jpg" width="640" height="361" alt="Bangor Pier"/></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script><br /> <em>Bangor Pier. Photo by Simon Ager</em></p> <p>The Proto-Celtic word <strong>*kagyom</strong> means pen or enclosure, and comes from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*kagʰyóm</em> (enclosure, hedge), from <em>*kagʰ-</em> (to keep, hold, close, enclose, fence, hedge, barrier, field, pasture) [<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kagyom">source</a>].</p> <p>Related words in the modern Celtic languages include: </p> <ul> <li><strong>cae</strong> [kaːɨ̯ / kai̯] = hedge, fence, field, enclosure, circle, sphere, barrier, obstruction in Welsh</li> <li><strong>ke</strong> = hedge, fence in Cornish</li> <li><strong>kae</strong> [kɛː] = hedge, quay in Breton</li> </ul> <p>For more about words for <strong>field</strong> and related things in Celtic languages, see the Celtiadur post: <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/celtiadur/2019/07/31/fields-meadows-and-pastures/">Fields, Meadows and Pastures</a>.</p> <p>Words from the same Proto-Celtic root, via Gaulish <em>*kagyom</em> (enclosure) and Latin <em>caium</em> (storehouse, shop, workshop, quay, wharf) include <strong>quai</strong> (quay, wharf, platform) in French, <strong>quay</strong> in English, <strong>caes</strong> (quay, pier, wharf, breakwater) in Galician, <strong>cais</strong> (quay, pier, wharf, platform) in Portuguese, <strong>кей</strong> (kej – quay, pier, wharf, jetty) in Bulgarian, and <strong>cé</strong> (quay, wharf, pier) in Irish [<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/caium#Latin">source</a>].</p> <p>Words from the same PIE roots include <strong>hedge</strong> and <strong>inchoate</strong> (chaotic, disordered, confused) in English, <strong>haie</strong> (hedge, obstacle, line, row) and <strong>age</strong> (beam, shaft) in French, <strong>cael</strong> (to get, receive, have) and <strong>caer</strong> (fort[ress], castle, citadel) in Welsh, and <strong>häck</strong> (hedge, hurdle) in Swedish [<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kag%CA%B0-">source</a>].</p> <p>Radio Omniglot podcasts are brought to you in association with <a href="https://blubrry.com/services/podcast-hosting/?code=omniglot">Blubrry Podcast Hosting</a>, a great place to host your podcasts. 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An accent [ˈak.sənt / ˈæk.sɛnt] is: The way in which people in a particular area, country, or social group pronounce words. A mark written or printed over a let..." /><meta itemprop="contentUrl" content="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/etymology/accent.mp3" /><meta itemprop="contentSize" content="2.4" /><div class="powerpress_player" id="powerpress_player_435"><audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-3800-13" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/etymology/accent.mp3?_=13" /><a href="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/etymology/accent.mp3">https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/etymology/accent.mp3</a></audio></div></div><p class="powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3" style="margin-bottom: 1px !important;">Podcast: <a href="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/etymology/accent.mp3" class="powerpress_link_pinw" target="_blank" title="Play in new window" onclick="return powerpress_pinw('https://www.omniglot.com/radio/?powerpress_pinw=3800-podcast');" rel="nofollow">Play in new window</a> | <a href="https://media.blubrry.com/radio_omniglot/www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/etymology/accent.mp3" class="powerpress_link_d" title="Download" rel="nofollow" download="accent.mp3">Download</a></p><p>In this Adventure in Etymology, we find what the word <strong>accent</strong> has to do with <strong>singing</strong>.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.omniglot.com/images/videos/accents.jpg" width="630" height="354" alt="Adventures in Etymology - Accents" /></p> <p>An <strong>accent</strong> [ˈak.sənt / ˈæk.sɛnt] is:</p> <ul> <li>The way in which people in a particular area, country, or social group pronounce words.</li> <li>A mark written or printed over a letter to show how to pronounce it.</li> <li>A special emphasis given to a particular syllable in a word, word in a sentence, or note in a set of musical notes. [<a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/accent">source</a> – <em>other meanings are available</em>]</li> </ul> <p>It comes from Middle English <em>accent</em> (accent, modulation), from Latin <em>accentus</em> (a blast, signal, accent, tone), from <em>accinō / accanō</em> (to sing to), from <em>ad</em> (to[wards]), and <em>canō</em> (to sing, recite, sound), a calque of Ancient Greek <em>προσῳδία</em> (prosōidía – song sung to music; pronunciation of syllable), from <em>πρός</em> (prós – to) and <em>ᾠδή</em> (ōidḗ – song) [<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/accent#English">source</a>].</p> <p>Words for <strong>accent</strong> in many other languages come from the same roots, as do the words <strong>chant</strong>, <strong>descant</strong>, <strong>enchant</strong>, <strong>incant</strong> and <strong>hen</strong> in English, <strong>canu</strong> (to sing, intone, chant) in Welsh, <strong>can</strong> (to say) in Scottish Gaelic, <strong>cicogna</strong> (stork) in Spanish, <strong>káně </strong> (buzzard) in Czech, and <strong>خوانْدَن</strong> (xândan – to read, recite, sing, study) in Persian [<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cano#Latin">source</a>].</p> <p>Incidentally, the Ancient Greek word <strong>προσῳδία</strong> (prosōidía – song sung to music; pronunciation of syllable) is the root (via Middle French and Latin) of the English word <strong>prosody</strong>, which is study of rhythm, intonation, stress, and related attributes in speech, or the study of the patterns of sounds and rhythms in poetry [<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prosody#English">source</a>].</p> <p>You might believe that you don’t have an accent, but you do. 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It was chosen as the official script for Kodava in 2022.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.omniglot.com/images/langsamples/smp_kodavalipi.jpg" width="600" height="164" alt="Sample text in Kodava Lipi" /></p> <p>New language pages: </p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.omniglot.com/writing/mbama.htm">Mbama</a> (Lembáámá), a Bantu language spoken in the Republic of Congo and in Gabon.</li> <li><a href="https://www.omniglot.com/writing/mbere.htm">Mbere</a> (Limbere), a Bantu language spoken in the Republic of Congo and in Gabon.</li> <li><a href="https://www.omniglot.com/writing/tooro.htm">Tooro</a> (Orutooro), a Northeast Bantu language spoken in the Tooro Kingdom in southwestern Uganda.</li> <li><a href="https://www.omniglot.com/writing/nyoro.htm">Nyoro</a> (Orunyoro), a Northeast Bantu language spoken in the Bunyoro Kingdom in western Uganda.</li> </ul> <p>New numbers pages: </p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.omniglot.com/writing/adzera.htm">Adzera</a>, a Western Oceanic language spoken in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. </li> <li><a href="https://www.omniglot.com/writing/aneityum.htm">Aneityum</a> (Anejom̃), a Southern Oceanic language spoken on Aneityum Island in Tafea Province in the south of Vanuatu. </li> <li><a href="https://www.omniglot.com/writing/are.htm">Are</a> (Mukawa), a Western Oceanic language spoken in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. </li> </ul> <p>New Tower of Babel translation: <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/babel/nyoro.htm">Nyoro</a> (Orunyoro), a Northeast Bantu language spoken in the Bunyoro Kingdom in western Uganda.</p> <p>On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/bloggle/?p=23896">Villainous Sharks</a> about the Danish word <strong>skurk</strong> (villain, baddie) and related words in other languages, and there’s the usual <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/bloggle/?p=23899">Language Quiz</a>. See if you can guess what language this is:</p> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-3792-15" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz160225.mp3?_=15" /><a href="http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz160225.mp3">http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz160225.mp3</a></audio> <p>Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia.</p> <p>The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was: <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/writing/yapese.htm">Yapese</a> (Thin nu Waqab), an Oceanic language spoken on the island of Yap, in the Federated States of Micronesia.</p> <p><iframe loading="lazy" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6PK6Fdf54vA?si=QurCVDbzsi5wZ9Ot" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>On the <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/radio/?page_id=2644">Celtic Pathways</a> podcast, we investigate the Celtic roots of words for <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/radio/?p=3782">Gulls</a> in English and French.</p> <p><iframe loading="lazy" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZX6UN5wDL0Y?si=iORqzyrthnm3x73U" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>It’s also available on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DGJARPevDWJ/">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@ommiglot/video/7472063765572373782">TikTok</a>.</p> <p>On the Celtiadur blog, there’s a new post about words <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/celtiadur/2025/02/14/abbots/">Abbots</a> and related things in Celtic languages, and I made improvements to the post about words for <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/celtiadur/2019/01/24/to-burn/">To Burn</a>.</p> <p>Improved pages: <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/writing/kodava.htm">Kodava</a>, <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/writing/are.htm">Are</a> and <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/writing/adzera.htm">Adzera</a> language pages.</p> <p>For more Omniglot News, see:<br /> <a href="https://www.omniglot.com/news/">https://www.omniglot.com/news/</a><br /> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/omniglot/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/omniglot/</a><br /> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Omniglot-100430558332117">https://www.facebook.com/Omniglot-100430558332117</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.japanesepod101.com/member/go.php?r=759259&i=b0" rel="nofollow"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.omniglot.com/images/banners/japanesepod101.jpg" width="200" height="200" style="float:right; margin: 0 0 0 15px;" alt="JapanesePod101.com" /></a></p> <p>You can also listen to this podcast on: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/radio-omniglot/id1432641094">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/8b1b1d1b-b39e-4277-b28d-479a3b5043b3/radio-omniglot">Amazon Music</a>, <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/radio-omniglot">Stitcher</a>, <a href="https://tunein.com/podcasts/Education-Podcasts/Radio-Omniglot-p1154145/">TuneIn</a>, <a href="https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/radio-omniglot-716327">Podchaser</a>, <a href="https://player.fm/series/radio-omniglot">PlayerFM</a> or <a href="https://podtail.com/da/podcast/radio-omniglot/">podtail</a>.</p> <p>If you would like to support this podcast, you can make a donation via <a href="https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=aLjPfXL-vP_1gQ_U23Iz8_hSWLlhzLHPMFZrt32dIEfG8htoNFLYaPoWkv8&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8def8934b92a630e40b7fef61ab7e9fe63">PayPal</a> or <a href="https://www.patreon.com/omniglot">Patreon</a>, or <a href="http://www.omniglot.com/donations.htm">contribute to Omniglot in other ways</a>.</p> <p>Radio Omniglot podcasts are brought to you in association with <a href="https://blubrry.com/services/podcast-hosting/?code=omniglot">Blubrry Podcast Hosting</a>, a great place to host your podcasts. 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