Where does “cluain” come from?

cluain (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish clúain, from Proto-Italic klounis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱlównis — buttocks, hip.

cluain (Scottish Gaelic): pasture, green field, meadow, lawn

Definitions

  1. pasture, green field, meadow, lawn

Ancestry of “cluain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishclúainmeadow, pastureland, glade
2Proto-Italicklounisbuttock
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱlównisbuttocks, hip
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱlównis →Every word from Proto-Italic klounis →Every word from Old Irish clúain →