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
- glacier
Ancestry of “eigh-shruth”, step by step
eigh-shruth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Scottish Gaelic sruth
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottish Gaelic | sruth | stream, burn; flow, rush; current |
| 2 | Old Irish | sruth | stream, river, current; strait, stream, current;... |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | srutom | stream, river; flow, current |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | srew- | to flow, stream |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |