Reconstruction:Middle Irish/grúac

This Middle Irish entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *grunkā, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to twist, bend”), the source of Proto-Germanic *krumpaz (“crooked”).[1]

Noun

*grúac f

hair (of the head)
Synonym: folt

Derived terms

grúacach

Descendants

Irish: gruaig
Manx: gruag
Scottish Gaelic: gruag
→ Faroese: grúkur

References

MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “Middle Irish/grúac”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page gruag

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[1] MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “Middle Irish/grúac”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page gruag