eòrna

See also: eorna

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish eórna (compare Irish eorna, Manx oarn), from *yewornio-, from Proto-Celtic *yeu- (compare Breton yell (“spelt”)), from Proto-Indo-European *yéwos (“barley”) (compare Lithuanian javaĩ (“grain”), Persian جو‎ (jaw), Sanskrit यव (yava)).

Noun

eòrna m

  1. barley

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “eórna” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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