krec'h
Breton edit
Etymology 1 edit
Mentioned in the Catholicon (Middle Breton crech), from Proto-Brythonic *krɨx, from Proto-Celtic *krikso- (“curly”) (compare Cornish crygh (“curly”), Welsh crych (“curly”), Gaulish crixsos (“curly, crispy”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kripso- (compare Latin crispus).
Adjective edit
krec'h
Etymology 2 edit
Mentioned in the Catholicon (Middle Breton knech).
From Old Breton cnoch, from Proto-Brythonic *knux, from Proto-Celtic *knukkos (“hill”) (compare Welsh cnwch (“hill, mount”), Irish cnoc (“hill, mount”)).
Noun edit
krec'h m (plural krec'hioù)
Inflection edit
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Mutation of krec'h
References edit
- Henry, Victor (1900) “krec'h”, in Lexique étymologique des termes les plus usuels du breton moderne (Bibliothèque bretonne armoricaine; III) (in French), Rennes: J. Plihon et L. Hervé