gúala

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Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gúalu, attested in 9th-century glosses on Isidore of Seville's Etymologiae, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (to bend), see also Ancient Greek γυιός (guiós, lame), Proto-Germanic *keulaz (ship, vessel).[1]

Noun

gúala f

  1. shoulder

Inflection

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: gualainn
  • Manx: geaylin
  • Scottish Gaelic: gualann

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “393-98”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 393-98