Where does “cìoch” come from?

cìoch (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Middle Irish cích, from Old Irish cích, from Proto-Celtic kīkos — breast.

cìoch (Scottish Gaelic): breast, mammary gland, pap; nave, hub

Definitions

  1. breast, mammary gland, pap; nave, hub

Ancestry of “cìoch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishcíchbreast; nipple; teat
2Old Irishcíchbreast
3Proto-Celtickīkosbreast

Words derived from “cìoch”

Every word from Proto-Celtic kīkos →Every word from Old Irish cích →Every word from Middle Irish cích →