Where does “clò-bhuail” come from?

clò-bhuail (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic clò, from Middle Irish cló — metal spike, nail.

clò-bhuail (Scottish Gaelic): print

Definitions

  1. print

Ancestry of “clò-bhuail”, step by step

clò-bhuail traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Scottish Gaelic clò

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicclòcloth; tweed; print
2Middle Irishclómetal spike, nail

via Scottish Gaelic buail

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicbuailstrike, hit, bang, beat, smite, knock, pelt, rap,...
2Old Irishbúalaid—

Words derived from “clò-bhuail”

Every word from Middle Irish cló →Every word from Scottish Gaelic clò →