gúala

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Middle Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish gúalu, attested in 9th-century glosses on Isidore of Seville's Etymologiae, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend”), see also Ancient Greek γυιός (guiós, “lame”), Proto-Germanic *keulaz (“ship, vessel”).[1]

Noun[edit]

gúala f

  1. shoulder

Inflection[edit]

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Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Irish: gualainn
  • Manx: geaylin
  • Scottish Gaelic: gualann

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “393-98”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 393-98
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