in this video we're going to look at 20 words in Irish and in Welsh we're going
to see how they match up together and amongst the vast majority of them you're
going to find some striking similarities so let's start and where better to begin
than with this word here which is the word for wales in Irish it's
an bhreatain bheag now that literally translates to the Little Britain and I think it has something to do
with historical Wars and historical drama whereby the English pushed the Welsh further
and further to the West causing them to eventually settle in what we now call Wales
and because Welsh people for the most part consider themselves true britons
that's where the name came from Little Britain an bhreatain bheag now that's what I
think anyway I stand open to a correction so if you want to let me know in the comment section
about how this name came about please feel free in Welsh the name for Wales is cymru
next we have Éire this is the Irish for Ireland Éire in Welsh it's pronounced
iwerddon, moving on Scotland in Irish this is Albain, in Welsh yr alban
England is next in Irish this is sasana
in Welsh lloegr the Irish for a bell is Clog in Welsh cloch the Irish for a house
is teach although it could be pronounced teach as well depending on the dialect so teach in Irish
in Welsh it's pronounced ty the Irish for a beach is trá in Welsh traeth, the Irish for
a nut is cnó, in welsh cneuen
the Irish for a boat is bád although you could use the word curach as well
curach and that would be specifically for a traditional Irish fishing boat
the Welsh for a boat is cwch, moving on to the word wax the Irish for wax is céir
in Welsh it's cwyr the Irish for a sword is clíomh in Welsh cleddyf, heavy
is the next word we're going to look at the Irish for heavy is Trom and this is pronounced
more or less the same in Welsh trwm the Irish for a bump is cnap in Welsh cnwc and this reminds me
of the Irish word cnoc which means a hill and it could be pronounced cnoc as well
so cnoc and then in Welsh the word they use for bump is cnwc next we
next we have leg the Irish for leg is cos in Welsh coes, moving on to a horse in Irish it's capall
in Welsh ceffyl, the Irish for a rock is carraig
the Welsh for a stone is
technically the Irish word for a stone is cloch
but carraig can be used as well even though specifically carraig means a rock
next we have the words for a border or a boundary or a limit the Irish for those is teorainn
in Welsh it's terfyn the Irish for a bull is tarbh in welsh it's tarw
family is next in Irish you can use the word teaghlach for family in Welsh teulu
the Irish for a senate is Seanad and the Welsh word for a parliament is Senedd
technically in Irish dáil is the Irish word for a parliament and that's what the national
Parliament is called Dáil Éireann but Ireland also has a second Parliament which is not as powerful
as Dáil Éireann and that second Parliament is called Seanad Éireann which just means the
Irish Senate Wales has a self-governing assembly since the late 90s and that's called the Welsh Senedd
so while Welsh and Irish are different languages it's fair to say that they have a
lot in common as you've just seen I want to say a big thank you to anybody who supported me by
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