Etymology

currick

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Today it means: A pile of rocks used as a landmark; a cairn. Full definition →

Cumbric *carreg ← Old Irish crúach
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The story

  1. Old Irish · borrowed fromcrúach“stack, pile”
  2. Cumbric · borrowed from*carreg“stone”
  3. English todaycurrick

Possibly from Cumbric *carreg (“stone”) or Old Irish crúach (“stack, pile”).

Words from the same roots

Cumbric*carreg all →

carr

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