Etymology

gralloch

G2R1A1L1L1O1C3H4

Today it means: The entrails or offal of a dead deer, especially when removed. Also the entrails of other wild animals, when removed. Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic grealach ← Proto-Celtic *gre-lach ← Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ǵʰer-“bowels”
  2. Proto-Celtic · derived from*gre-lach
  3. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromgrealach“entrails”
  4. English todaygralloch

From Scottish Gaelic grealach (“entrails”), from Proto-Celtic *gre-lach, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“bowels”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰer- all →

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