pairseil
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- pearsal m
Etymology
From Middle Irish persille, from Old French peresil, from Latin petroselinum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλινον (petrosélinon, “parsley”), from πέτρος (pétros, “rock, stone”) + σέλινον (sélinon, “celery”).
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
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