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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish eochair, from Old Irish eochair, from Proto-Celtic *exs-koris, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“turn, curve”) (whence Latin curvus).[1] Compare Irish eochair.
Pronunciation
Noun
iuchair f (genitive singular iuchrach, plural iuchraichean)
- key (for locking, winding etc)
- clef
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References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 217
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap