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

  1. hair (of the head)
    Synonym: folt

Derived terms

  • grúacach

Descendants

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

Further reading

References

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