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C, c, The third letter of the alphabet, Coll, associated with the hazel tree.
caballos (m) (a working horse)
cad, n. Battle. [IE.kot- 'a battle', Greek kotos 'rage', OC.catu-, OI.cath]
caddos (saint) [MI cád 'holy']
cambios (n) (exchange)
camb, n. Slope. [OC. cambos]
camman, n. Step. [OC. cammano-]
camulos (war god) [MI cuma 'woe', MB caffou 'woe']
canped, A hundred feet in length. (OC.candetum<cant-pedum]
cand, n. Edge, circle. [IE.kem- 'to cover', W.cant]
carbad, n. Waggon. (OC.carbos)
cawr, n. Giant. (OC.cauaros, cavarillus.W.cawr, Co.caur]
cet, cait (wood)
cingeto- (m) (a warrior) [OI cingim 'I step, march', cing 'a warrior', Welsh & Breton cam 'a step']
coll, n. Hazel tree.
com- (with, together with) [Latin,Umbrian.com-,cum-]
couer (appropriate, worth-while)
corw, n. Beer. [OC. courmi OI.coirm W.cwrw]
crix (curly)
crodio- (hard, difficult)
cumba (dishes)
cabach, a. Decrepit, frail. (B.kabac'h)
caban, n. Cabin, hut, booth. (W. caban)
cablar, n. Blasphemy, slander. (W.cablair)
cachneadh, n. Slander, libel. (OC.kaknio.OI.caned)
cad, n., a. Security, secure. (OC.catu-,a battle.IE. kot-,a battle.OI.cath,a battle]
coban, n. Gown, nightdress.
coblin, n. Goblin, scamp.
cors, n. Bog, fen, marsh. [W. gors > cors]
cú, n. Dog [IE. kwon- I. cú W. ci]
cupla, n. Couple.
     ~ focal, A few words, a word or two.
cwm, n. Shallow valley.

D

D, d. The fourth letter of the alphabet.
dagh, a. Good, kind. [OC. dagos W.da I. dea. S. deagh]
dearmad, n. Mistake, error.
dorcha, n. Dark.
decametos (tenth) [IE. dekmot 'ten']
dede (he put; 3rd sg. perf.) [IE. dhe'- 'to put, to set', OI dál]
delgu (I hold; 1st sg. pres.)
dervo- (a tree) [IE. deru- 'a tree, wood']
deus (m) (a god) [IE. deiwo- 'a deity']
dexs (right) [IE. deks- 'right, correct']
dibu e debu (to the gods and goddesses) [IE. deiwo- 'a deity']
divertomu (we turn; 1st pl. pres.) [IE. wer-t- 'to turn, to roll']
doenti (they give; 3st pl. pres. Celtiberian) [IE. do (to give)]
doro (a mouth) [IE. dhwer- 'a door, a gate']
drong, m. Crowd [OI drong]
dubh, a. Black. [IE. dhubh- W.du OI. dub]
dulan, n. Leaf. [MI duille, Welsh dalen, Middle Breton del]
doman, n. World [OI domun 'world']
dun, n. Fort.
dusios (a demon) [OI da'sacht 'rage']

E

eimu (we go; 1st pl. pres.) [IE. ei- 'to go']
embrekton (a dipped pIE.ce of food) [IE. mer- 'wet']
entrad n. Entrance [It. entrata]
eporeto- (a chariot) [IE. ekwo- + ret-]
epos, eqwos (a horse) [IE. ekwo- 'a horse']
es, ex (from, out of) [IE. eghs 'out', OI acht 'but']
esog, n. Salmon. [OC.esok. Latin esox.Welsh/Breton.eog]
esgar, n. Ridge. [W.esgair]
essedum (a two-seat waggon) [IE. sed- 'to sit', OI saidim 'I sit']

F

fear, n. Man.
fearda, a. Masculine, manly. (S.feardha>OI.fer(r)da)
fearg, n. Anger.
focal, n. Word.
          Focal ne daoin, A few words, a word or two.
          Cupla focal, A few words, a word or two.
fridh, n. Sheep walk, mountain pasture. [W]

G

garth, n. Orme, rocky outcrop.
glais, n. Stream.
gabi (take!; 2nd sg. imp.) [IE. gebh-, OI gabaim 'I take', Gothic giban 'give', Lithuanian gabe'nti 'bring']
gabhail, v. take
gabro- (a goat) [OI. gabor, Welsh gafr]
gaes, n. Spear.
gearradh v. Cut.
geistl- (a lIE.n)
geli, n. Grove. [W]
gena (f) (a cheek)
geno-, gnatos (born) [IE. g'enu- 'a knee, a kin, to know', OI gnó]
giam- (a winter) [IE. gheim- 'winter']
glastu- (light blue) [Early Irish glass 'pale', Welsh, Old Welsh, Breton glas 'green', German glast 'sheen']
gob, n. Mouth. [IE. gonbho- 'a ledge', Irish gob]
gutus (m) (a voice) [Irish guth]

I

inter (between) [IE. en-ter 'between']
iouin- (young) [IE. you-n- 'young']
isarno- (iron) [IE. esro-no- 'red, bloody metal'?; or IE. ayos-, ayes- 'metal']

K

kenta, n. First. (OC.cintus.Greek kainos 'new', Sanskrit kani'nas 'young', W.cyntaf.OI ce't, ce'tna]

L

landa- (a fIE.ld) [IE. lendh- 'open land', OI land]
lanu- (flat, plain) [IE. plo-no- 'full, plain, flat']
lautro- (a bath) [Latin lavare 'to wash', OI lo'athar]
leargas, n. Insight.
legasit (he laid), lega' (laying; participle pres.) [OI lige 'a bed']
leux, lugus (light) [IE. leuk- 'light, to shine']
lexo- (a slope)
litano- (wide, broad) [IE. plotno- 'wide', OI lethan 'wide']
logan, n. Grave. [IE. legh- 'to lIE.']
luct- (a tribe, a part) [IE. leug- 'to break', OI lucht 'a part']

M

maid, a. Good [IE. mâ- I. maith, maidin W. mad]
magus (young, a servant, a boy) [IE. maghu- 'a young person']
magh, n. Field [OI. mag]
maniakys (a neck bandage) [IE. moni'- 'a neck']
maponos (a son) [Ogham Irish maqq 'a son']
marka (a horse) [OI marc]
maru- (great) [IE. mar-, mor- 'great']
marvos (dead) [IE. mer-, mor- 'to dIE.']
mad, a. Kind, good. [IE. ma- 'good', Irish ma'ith]
medios (medium) [IE. medhyo- 'medium, middle']
mesga (to mix) [IE. meik- 'to mix']
mían, n. Wish, desire, intention, opinion [IE. mei-no- (opinion, intention)  S. miann]
moladh, v. Praise.
more-, -mori- (a sea) [Latin mare, OI muir, Slavic more, Lithuanian marios]

N

naumetos (ninth) [IE. newno 'nine']
nemead, n. Temple. [OI nemed 'a temple']
nearth, n. Force, strength [IE. @ner-, ner-t- 'strength, power']
nighe v. Wash.
novio- (new) [IE. newo- 'new']

O

ogros (cold) [IE. oug- 'cold', OI u'ar]
oinos (one) [IE. oino- 'one']
ollon (all, the whole) [MI oll 'big']
ouindho-, vindo- (white) [IE. weid- 'to see', OI find] W. gwyn
oxtometos (eighth) [IE. októ 'eight']

P

paball, n. Tent. (W.pabell.I.puball)
porth, n. Door.
penno- (a head) [OI cenn, cend]
petri (four) [IE. kwetwores 'four']
petrudecametos (fourteenth)
petsi, n. Thing.
pinpetos (fifth) [IE. penkwe 'five']

Q

questiun -a, n. Question

R

recto- (right) [IE. reg'- 'to rule', OI rigid]
re'da (a chariot) [IE. ret- 'to run, to roll', Irish ri'adaim 'I ride']
ritu- (a ford)
rix (pl. riges) (a king) [IE. reg'- 'to rule']
roudo- (red) [IE. reudh- 'red, rust', OI ruad]

S

sam- (a summer) [IE. sem- 'summer']
sebon, n. Soap. [<sapo-]
sedlon (a saddle, a seat) [IE. sed- 'to sit', Slavic sedlo 'a saddle']
sego- (a victory)
selua (a possession)
seno- (old) [IE. sen- 'old']
sirom (a star)
sistat (he stands, stays; 3st sg. pres. Celtiberian) [IE. sta'- 'to stand']
slug- (a servant) [Slavic sluga 'a servant', Lithuanian slauga 'service', OI sluag 'an army unit']
socraigh v. Arrange.
smer, n.  Fat [Early Irish smir, Welsh mer, Old High German smero 'grease', Old English smeoru 'lard']
sosin (that)
stopadh v. stop
sweadh, a. Sweet, pleasant [CC sved- 'sweet', Latin suavis, English sweet]
suextos, sextos (sixth) [IE. sweks 'six']

T

tarvos (a bull) [IE. tauro- 'a bull']
tigh, n. House. [OI.tech W.ty]
teuto-, touto- (people) [Oscan touto, Lithuanian tauta, Gothic thiuda, OI tu'ath]
trag- (a foot) [OI traig 'a foot']
tri (three) [IE. treyes, tri 'three']
trougo- (unhappy)

U

uediiu (I pray; 1st sg. pres.)
ueramos (supreme, the highest)
uesu-, uisu- (kind, cheerful) [IE. wesu- 'good']
uinom (wine; acc.sg. Lepontic) [Latin vinum, Greek oinos, Armenian ginu]
uiro- (a man, a husband) [IE. wiro- 'a man']
uros (a bull)
uxello- (high) [IE. upo-s- 'above', Greek hypsi 'high', OI uas 'above', Polish wysoki 'high']

V

ve'co- (fury, rage)
ver (above) [Russian verh 'up, above', Latvian virsus 'up', Sanskrit vars.ma 'height', Latin verruca 'a rough', OI ferr 'better']
vidu- (wood) [OI fid, Welsh guid, Cornish guiden, Old English wudu, Old High German witu]

W

was, n. Servant. [OC.vasso- 'servant']
wern, n. Alder tree

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