glicc
Old IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Celtic *glikkis. Possibly ultimately related to Scots gleg (“smart, quick”), Ancient Greek καλχαίνω (kalkhaínō, “to ponder”), Proto-Germanic *klōkaz (“quick, smart”), Middle English begalewen (“to frighten, stupefy”).[1][2]
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
glicc
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
MutationEdit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| glicc | glicc pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
nglicc |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
ReferencesEdit
- ^ MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “glicc”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page glic
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kloek2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute