Coll (letter)

Ogham letters
  Aicme Beithe   Aicme Muine
ᚁBeith ᚋMuin
ᚂLuis ᚌGort
ᚃFearn ᚍnGéadal
ᚄSail ᚎStraif
ᚅNion ᚏRuis
  Aicme hÚatha   Aicme Ailme
ᚆUath ᚐAilm
ᚇDair ᚑOnn
ᚈTinne ᚒÚr
ᚉColl ᚓEadhadh
ᚊCeirt ᚔIodhadh
  Forfeda
ᚕÉabhadh
ᚖÓr
ᚗUilleann
ᚘIfín ᚚPeith
ᚙEamhancholl

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

  1. ↑ McManus, Damian (1991). A Guide to Ogam. Maynooth Monographs. 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.


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