cumung

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kom-ingu- (compare Welsh cyfyng), from Proto-Indo-European *kom-nghu-, from *kom- (“beside, near, by, with”) + *angh- (“tight, painfully constricted”).

Adjective

cumung

1. narrow, constricted, close, compressed, restricted, constrained

Descendants

• Irish: cúng
• Manx: coon
• Scottish Gaelic: cumhang