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Where does “cass” come from?

cass (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic kassos — curly, twisted, woven.

cass (Old Irish): curly, curly-haired

Definitions

  1. curly, curly-haired

Ancestry of “cass”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtickassoscurly, twisted, woven

Words derived from “cass”

  • castacht
  • neamhchasta
  • neamhchastacht
  • casta
  • caschiorcal
  • casadh
  • barrchas
  • aischasta
  • cas
  • castóir
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