croiccenn

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *krokkenom (“skin”), probably loaned from a non-Indo-European substrate language.[1] However, compare Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz (“ridge, back, spine”) and German Krug.[2]

Cognate with Breton kroc'hen, Cornish kroghen; Welsh croen (< *kroknom).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkrokʲen͈]

Noun

croiccenn n (genitive croiccinn, nominative plural croicne)

  1. skin, hide
  2. bark
  3. (of nuts) husk

Inflection
Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative croiccennN croiccennN croiccennL, croicneL
Vocative croiccennN croiccennN croiccennL, croicneL
Accusative croiccennN croiccennN croiccennL, croicneL
Genitive croiccinnL croiccenn croiccennN
Dative croicciunnL croicnib croicnib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants
  • Irish: craiceann
  • Manx: crackan
  • Scottish Gaelic: craiceann

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “krok(ke)no-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 226
  2. MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “croiccenn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page craicionn
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