kroc'hen
Breton
editEtymology
editFromProto-Celtic*krokkenom(“skin”), probably loaned from a non-Indo-Europeansubstrate language.[1] However, compareProto-Germanic*hrugjaz(“ridge, back, spine”) andGermanKrug.[2]
Cognate withCornishkroghen,Irishcraiceann;Welshcroen (<*kroknom).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkroc'hen m (pluralkrec’hinorkrec’hen)
References
edit- ^Matasović, Ranko (2009) “krok(ke)no-”, inEtymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden:Brill,→ISBN,page226
- ^MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “kroc'hen”, inAn Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling,→ISBN, page craicionn
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