sirriam
Irish (Donegal)
noun
Definitions
- sheriff
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Irish sirriam derived from Middle English shirreve derived from Old English scīrġerēfa (sheriff, shire-reeve).
Origin
Old English
scīrġerēfa
Gloss
sheriff, shire-reeve
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sheriff English
- shire-reeve English
- scīrġerēfa Old English
- sċīrġerēfa Old English
- reve Middle English
- shire Middle English
- shirevewyk Middle English
- shirreve Middle English
- shirrevehod Middle English
- Ard-Sirriam Irish
- foshirriam Irish
- sirriam Middle Irish