Etymologies: Gaelic

299 words with Gaelic origins.

A

Albion
All
Alp
Apple

B

Balk
Bannock
Banshee
Bar
Bard
Bavin
Bawn
Bay
Be
Beagle
Beak
Beaver
Belt
Beltane
Bidet
Bill
Birth
Blab
Blore
Bludgeon
Boast
Bobbin
Bodkin
bog
Boon
Booth
Bots
Brank
Brash
Brat
Brier
Brisk
Brisket
Broach
Brob
Brock
Brog
Brogue
Broider
Brose
Broth
Brow
Budge
Bullace
Bun
Bung
Buss

C

Caber
Caddis
Caddow
Cairn
cairngorm
Callet
Calx
Cam
Car
Cargoose
Carrow
Cart
Cateran
Char
Clachan
Clan
Claymore
Cleg
Clock
Clout
Cock
Cockle
Cockle
Coil
Collie
Coranach
Cozy
Cradle
Crag
Cran
Crannog
Crantara
Creaght
Creel
Croft
crook
Crop
Crottles
Crowd
Crown
Cub
Cuddy
Culdee
Curd
Cut
Cutty

D

Dad
Dag
Dark
Daub
Deity
Deuce
Dock
doldrums
Down
Drab
Drugget
Druid
Drumlin
Duan
Dulse
Dun
Dunlin
Dure

E

Earnest
Eat
Egg
Eight

F

Fake
Farrand
Fell
Fell
Filibeg
Floor
Fun

G

Gaber-lunzie
Gaelic
Gaelic
Gaffle
Galliard
Gambol
Garran
Gillie
Glen
Glib
Glicke
Gob
Goggle
Gowan
Gown
Gun
Gyve

H

Haddock
Harness
Holly
Holt
Horn
Hound

I

Icicle
Imrigh
Inch
Inchpin
Ingle
Ingle

J

Jag

K

Kale
Kam
Keelivine
Kelpie
Kelter
Kilt
kilter
Knag
Knap

L

Label
Lag
League
Lias
Lin
Loch
Lochan
Loop

M

Mac
Mail
Mammock
Mere
minor
Mitten
Mix
Mop
Mortise
Mother
Mull
Mulley
Mush

N

Needle
Nest
New
Nill
nine
No
Noggin
Nook

O

One

P

Pack
Painter
Park
Parr
partan
Pellack
pet
Pibroch
Pie
Piece
Piggin
Pillion
Pin
Plaid
Plod
Poke
Poke
Pollack
Pollan
Pony
Pool
Pore
Prod
Ptarmigan
Puddle
Pull
Puss
Put

Q

Quaff
Quaigh

R

Racket
Red
Reel

S

Saithe
Sallow
Salt
Sassenach
Saur
Scad
Scrag
Scrat
Scraw
Screech
Screed
Scrog
Seannachie
Sesspool
Seven
Shad
Shade
Shamrock
Shinty
Sir
Six
Skean
Skein
Skelp
Skep
Skip
Slab
Slogan
Slough
Snag
Snow
Soncy
Soot
Spigot
Spleuchan
Sporran
Sprack
Sprechery
Spree
Sprod
Spunk
Stab
Steer
Stocah
Strath
Strumpet

T

Tack
Ten
Thatch
Thick
Thin
Thorp
Thou
Three
Tinchel
To
Tocher
Ton
Tor
Tory
Tower
Town
Truant
Twig
Two

U

Urry
Usquebaugh

W

Whisky
Who
Wood

Y

Yew