orcaid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *orgeti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erg- (perish). Cognate with Hittite 𒄯𒀝𒍣 (ḫar-ak-zi /ḫarkzi/) and Old Armenian հարկնանեմ (harknanem, strike).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈorɡiðʲ/

Verb

orcaid

  1. kills, slays

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • orcaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 300
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