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sgonn

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keh₁t- (“damage, harm”),[1] see also Ancient Greek ἀσκηθής (askēthḗs, “intact, safe, sound”, literally “without damage”), Proto-Germanic *skaþô.[2]

Noun

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sgonn m (genitive singular sgoinn, plural sgonnan)

  1. block, lump, hunk
  2. log (of wood)

References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “sgonn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[2], Stirling, →ISBN, page sgonn
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