Where does “sluagh” come from?

sluagh (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish slúag, from Old Irish slóg, from Proto-Celtic slougos, from Proto-Indo-European slowgʰo-.

sluagh (Scottish Gaelic): community, crowd, folk; people, populace,...

Definitions

  1. community, crowd, folk; people, populace,...

Ancestry of “sluagh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishslúag—
2Old Irishslógarmy, host; throng, crowd, company, assembly
3Proto-Celticslougostroop, army
4Proto-Indo-Europeanslowgʰo-—

Words derived from “sluagh”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European slowgʰo- →Every word from Proto-Celtic slougos →Every word from Old Irish slóg →