iadh

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Along with Old Irish íath (“grassland”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸētu, from Proto-Indo-European *peyH-tu- (“rich grassland, prairy”), an extension of *peyH- (“fat, milk”).[1] Compare Ancient Greek πόα (póa, “fodder”).

Verb

iadh (past dh'iadh, future iadhaidh, verbal noun iadhadh, past participle iadhte)

  1. surround, enclose, encircle

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*fētu”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 129
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