Etymology

keelyvine pen

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Scottish Gaelic cìl
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromcìl“ruddle”
  2. English todaykeelyvine pen

Compare Scottish Gaelic cìl (“ruddle”).

Words from the same roots

Scottish Gaeliccìl all →

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