Where does “coileach” come from?

coileach (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish cailech, from Proto-Celtic kalyākos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

coileach (Scottish Gaelic): cock, rooster; barn-cock; rill of water

Definitions

  1. cock, rooster; barn-cock; rill of water

Ancestry of “coileach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcailechrooster
2Proto-Celtickalyākosrooster
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- →Every word from Proto-Celtic kalyākos →Every word from Old Irish cailech →