List of English words of British origin

The number of English words known to be derived from the Brittonic language is remarkably small. In fact, as far as can be ascertained it is lower than the number of words of Gaulish origin found in the English language, which arrived through Norman French. However, this is to be expected, given the socio-historical relationship between Old English and Brittonic; the influence of the Brittonic language on English has been extremely limited. However, it is possible that many British words have been obscured by their close similarity to Germanic words which are perceived to offer a more likely etymology (e.g. "belly": considered to be from OE bylg, but could easily be from AB *belgā), and also that some of them have been misidentified as Gaulish via French, which are simply unattested until after the Norman invasion.

This list does not include words of Celtic origin borrowed into English from other languages, namely:

unless there is room for doubt.

This list is neither exhaustive nor definitive. Please note that several of the entries are doubtful or have alternative explanations; they are included where a Brittonic explanation is useful and plausible.

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