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Where does “eigh-shruth” come from?

eigh-shruth (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic sruth, from Old Irish sruth, from Proto-Celtic srutom, from Proto-Indo-European srew-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

eigh-shruth (Scottish Gaelic): glacier

Definitions

  1. glacier

Ancestry of “eigh-shruth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicsruthstream, burn; flow, rush; current
2Old Irishsruthstream, river, current; strait, stream, current;...
3Proto-Celticsrutomstream, river; flow, current
4Proto-Indo-Europeansrew-to flow, stream
5Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together
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