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Middle Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *grunkā, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to twist, bend”), the source of Proto-Germanic *krumpaz (“crooked”).[1]
Noun
*grúac f
- hair (of the head)
- Synonym: folt
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
References
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “Middle Irish/grúac”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page gruag