Etymology Explorer
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Where does “curach” come from?
curach (Middle Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic korukos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)koro- — leather.
Ancestry of “curach”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Celtic
korukos
leather boat
2
Proto-Indo-European
(s)koro-
leather
Words derived from “curach”
currach
curach
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