I was amusing myself the other day thinking of Irish words for things, and it occurred to me that I have no idea what the Irish words are for certain parts of my car. For example:

Windshield/windscreen

Windshield/windscreen wipers

Hood/bonnet

Trunk/boot

Turn signal/indicator

Shifter/gear box

Steering wheel

Dashboard

Curious drivers want to know!

GRMA

Redwolf

Its a case for focal.ie... this is going to be good!

windscreen- scáth na gaoithe/ gaothscáth
windscreen wipers- cuimilteoir gaothscátha
Hood- cochall cairr/ cluidín cairr
Boot- búit
Indicator- treo-tháscaire
Gears- giaranna (bosca giaranna)
Steering wheel- roth stiúrtha
Dashbord- deais

...... very imaginative

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to me, scáth is rather something you can't see through (scáth fearthainne srl).
Why not "fuinneog thoisigh"... gloine toisigh?...

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Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

I agree, why not indeed. The Irish translation simply copies the English sense of the phrase where the windscreen has the function of blocking the wind - as opposed to having no glass at all which must have been a consideration when the first cars were built. Still, there's nothing wrong with copying the English phrase either as there is a logic to it (just like pare-brise in French).

Yep...the original windscreens/windshields were there primarily to keep the wind (as well as the dust from all the upaved roads) from blowing into the driver's eyes, mussing up his passenger's hair, and chilling them both to the bone, as the first automobiles were open-topped. That's still their primary function on convertibles and motorcycles.

Redwolf

And "trunk" is a leftover from the days when cars had a big box strapped to the back for keeping stuff in.

So assuming English didn't have a shoe attached, where did the English "boot" come from? Apparently a "boot" was:

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Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

My dad has a 1930 Chevy Landau that still has (yes, you guessed it!) a real, honest-to-goodness trunk! (as in a big old box stapped to the back). Beautiful car!

Redwolf