Etymology Explorer › Old Irish

Where does “cacc” come from?

cacc (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic kakkā, from Proto-Indo-European kakka- — to defecate.

cacc (Old Irish): dung, excrement

Definitions

  1. dung, excrement

Ancestry of “cacc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtickakkā—
2Proto-Indo-Europeankakka-to defecate

Words derived from “cacc”

  • keck
  • keckish
  • kecklish
  • cac
  • cac
  • caccaid
  • keck
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