Etymology

gansey

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Irish geansaí ← Scottish Gaelic geansaidh ← English guernsey
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The story

  1. English · derived fromguernsey
  2. Scottish Gaelic · borrowed fromgeansaidh
  3. Irish · borrowed fromgeansaí
  4. English todaygansey

From Irish geansaí and Scottish Gaelic geansaidh, themselves from English guernsey.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.