krec'h

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See also: krech and Krech

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

  1. frizzy, curly

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)

  1. height, eminence
  2. mound
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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