gafann

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Likely a Brythonic borrowing, possibly through Old Cornish gahen, from Proto-Brythonic *gasogwona, a dissimilated reflex of Proto-Indo-European *ghansogʷona (goose killer); compare Proto-Celtic *gansis.[1]

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Noun[edit]

gafann m (genitive singular gafainn, no plural)

  1. henbane

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Carney, J. (1989). Sages, Saints and Storytellers: Celtic Studies in Honour of Professor James Carney. Ireland: An Sagart, p. 460