cerc
Old Irish
/kʲerk/
noun
Definitions
- hen female chicken
- female of other birds
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Celtic *kerkā.
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*kerkā
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- rook English
- rooker English
- rookery English
- rookie English
- rookless English
- rooklike English
- rooky English
- rugby English
- *kerk Proto-Indo-European
- कृकर Sanskrit
- rok Middle English
- cearc Irish
- circeoil Irish
- gearrchearc Irish
- किरकिला Hindi
- cercdae Old Irish
- cearc Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- taigh-chearc Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- kiark Manx
- *kerkā Proto-Celtic
- 룩 Korean