Coll (letter)
Appearance
Ogham letters ᚛ᚑᚌᚐᚋᚁᚂᚃᚓᚇᚐᚅ᚜ | |||||
Aicme Beithe ᚛ᚐᚔᚉᚋᚓᚁᚂᚃᚄᚅ᚜ |
Aicme Muine ᚛ᚐᚔᚉᚋᚓᚋᚌᚎᚏ᚜ | ||||
ᚁ | [b] | Beith | ᚋ | [m] | Muin |
ᚂ | [l] | Luis | ᚌ | [ɡ] | Gort |
ᚃ | [w] | Fearn | ᚍ | [ɡʷ] | nGéadal |
ᚄ | [s] | Sail | ᚎ | [st], [ts], [sw] | Straif |
ᚅ | [n] | Nion | ᚏ | [r] | Ruis |
Aicme hÚatha ᚛ᚐᚔᚉᚋᚓᚆᚇᚈᚉᚊ᚜ |
Aicme Ailme ᚛ᚐᚔᚉᚋᚓᚐᚑᚒᚓᚔ᚜ | ||||
ᚆ | [j] | Uath | ᚐ | [a] | Ailm |
ᚇ | [d] | Dair | ᚑ | [o] | Onn |
ᚈ | [t] | Tinne | ᚒ | [u] | Úr |
ᚉ | [k] | Coll | ᚓ | [e] | Eadhadh |
ᚊ | [kʷ] | Ceirt | ᚔ | [i] | Iodhadh |
Forfeda ᚛ᚃᚑᚏᚃᚓᚇᚐ᚜ | |||||
ᚕ | [ea], [k], [x], [eo] | Éabhadh | |||
ᚖ | [oi] | Ór | |||
ᚗ | [ui] | Uilleann | |||
ᚘ | [ia] | Ifín | |||
ᚙ | [x], [ai] | Eamhancholl | |||
ᚚ | [p] | Peith | |||
Coll is the Irish name of the ninth letter of the Ogham alphabet ᚉ, meaning "hazel-tree", which is related to Welsh collen pl cyll, and Latin corulus. Its Proto-Indo-European root was *kos(e)lo-. Its phonetic value is [k].[1]
References
- ^ McManus, Damian (1991). A Guide to Ogam. Maynooth Monographs. Vol. 4. Co. Kildare, Ireland: An Sagart. p. 37. ISBN 1-870684-75-3. ISSN 0790-8806.
The name of the ninth letter of the alphabet is the word for 'hazel-tree', Old Irish coll, cognate with Welsh collen pl. cyll hazel-tree(s), Latin corulus from the root *kos(e)lo-. The etymology confirms /k/ (as opposed to /kʶ/, see the next letter) as the value of this letter in Primitive Irish.