Cognate Set 1683 – Meaning: back

IE-CoR reference form:
druimm
IE-CoR reference language:
Old Irish
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Goidelic lexemes continuing Old Irish druimm 'back'. Further etymology unclear, cf. Vendryes et al. 1959–1996 D:203-204 for various suggestions.
Found in clades:
Celtic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 4 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
161   Gaelic: Irish droim ˈd̪ˠɹˠɪmʲ ˈdˠɾˠəmʲ
159   Gaelic: Scottish druim drɯim
160   Gaelic: Manx dreeym driːm driːm druim
158   Old Irish druimm ˈd̪ˠrˠʊmʲ ˈdrumʲ
References
  • Vendryes, Joseph and Bachellery, Edouard and Lambert, Pierre-Yves: D:203-204
    S.v. druimm 'dos, côte, colline'. Origin unclear, LEIA cites several suggestions, among others IEW 1075 suggests that Irish druim has been borrowed from Welsh trum, drum '(crest of) mountain or hill, peak, ridge, cliff, slope'. The Welsh word can be reconstructed as *treu̯smn̥.