The story
- Proto-Celtic · derived from*kaɸukos“cup, bowl, vessel”
- Old Irish · derived fromcuäch“goblet”
- Scottish Gaelic · derived fromcuach“bowl, goblet”
- Scots · derived fromquaich
- English todayquaich
From Scots quaich, from Scottish Gaelic cuach (“bowl, goblet”), from Old Irish cuäch (“goblet”), from Proto-Celtic *kaɸukos (“cup, bowl, vessel”).
Words from the same roots
Old Irishcuäch all →
quaff
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.