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Where does “geltach” come from?

geltach (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish geilt — madman, one who goes mad from terror.

geltach (Old Irish): crazy, timid, skittish

Definitions

  1. crazy, timid, skittish

Ancestry of “geltach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishgeiltmadman, one who goes mad from terror

Words derived from “geltach”

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