Where does “Lough” come from?

Lough (Yola) comes from Irish loch, from Old Irish loch, from Proto-Celtic loku, from Proto-Indo-European lókus — pond, pool.

Lough (Yola): Of Ballymacushin, near the Commons

Definitions

  1. Of Ballymacushin, near the Commons

Ancestry of “Lough”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishlochlake
2Old Irishlochlake; inlet of the sea; black, dark
3Proto-Celticlokulake, pool
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlókuspond, pool

Words derived from “Lough”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lókus →Every word from Proto-Celtic loku →Every word from Old Irish loch →