ainleag

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish áilleóc, fainleóc (compare Irish fáinleog), a diminutive of Old Irish ainnel, fannall, from Proto-Celtic *wesnālā (“swallow”) (compare Welsh gwennol (“swallow, martin”), Cornish guennol, Breton gwenneli), from Proto-Celtic *wesr-/wesn- (“spring”), from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”).

Noun

Wikispecies

ainleag f (genitive singular ainleige, plural ainleagan)[1]

  1. swallow, barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)[2]

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ ainleag at Edward Dwelly (1911) “ainleag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN; accessed 3 Feb 2015
  2. ^ ; accessed on 3 Feb 2015
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