buachalán

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Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷow-swolós, from *gʷṓws (“cow”) +‎ *swel- (“to shrivel”) +‎ *-ós (agentive suffix), literally “cow-shriveler”, whence also Classical Gaelic buafallán, buathfallán, with the diminutive suffix -án.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

buachalán m (genitive singular buachaláin)

  1. ragweed, ragwort, groundsel

Descendants

  • → Yola: boouchelawn, bouchalawn

References

  1. ^ McCone, Kim (1995) “OIr. senchae, senchaid and preliminaries on agent noun formation in Celtic”, in Ériu, volume 46, pages 1–10

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