Where does “cíoch” come from?

cíoch (Irish) comes from Middle Irish cích, from Old Irish cích, from Proto-Celtic kīkos — breast.

cíoch (Irish): breast

Definitions

  1. breast

Ancestry of “cíoch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishcíchbreast; nipple; teat
2Old Irishcíchbreast
3Proto-Celtickīkosbreast

Words derived from “cíoch”

Every word from Proto-Celtic kīkos →Every word from Old Irish cích →Every word from Middle Irish cích →