Where does “laagh” come from?

laagh (Manx) comes from Old Irish lathach, from Old Irish loth, from Latin Lot, from Biblical Hebrew לוט.

laagh (Manx): duck, wild goose; mud, mire

Definitions

  1. duck, wild goose; mud, mire

Ancestry of “laagh”, step by step

laagh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Irish lathach

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishlathachmire, puddle; silt, mud
2Old Irishlothmud
3LatinLot—
4Biblical Hebrewלוט—

via Old Irish lachu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishlachuduck
Every word from Biblical Hebrew לוט →Every word from Latin Lot →Every word from Old Irish loth →