cailc
Gaelic (Scots)
noun
Definitions
- chalk
- lime, calx
- shield, buckler
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish cailc (lime, limestone) derived from Latin calx (heel, limestone, lime, pebble, chalk, game counter, mortar) derived from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (pebble).
Origin
Ancient Greek
χάλιξ
Gloss
pebble
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- calcite English
- calcium English
- calx English
- *calcestris Latin
- *calciāta Latin
- *calcīna Latin
- *incalciāre Latin
- calcareus Latin
- calcariensis Latin
- calcarius Latin
- calcatrippa Latin
- calceus Latin
- calceāta Latin
- calcium Latin
- calcivorus Latin
- calco Latin
- calculo, calculō, calculāre Latin
- calculus Latin
- calculāre Latin
- caliga Latin
- cals Latin
- calx Latin
- calx, calcis Latin
- incalciō, incalcio, incalciāre Latin
- Kalk German
- scalciare Italian
- ка́льций Russian
- caliche Spanish, Castilian
- χάλιξ Ancient Greek
- kalk Norwegian Bokmål
- kalsitt Norwegian Bokmål
- kalk Norwegian Nynorsk
- kalsitt Norwegian Nynorsk
- cealc Old English
- cailc Irish
- kalk Danish
- اَل Arabic
- kalk Icelandic
- coucillón Galician
- calch Welsh
- calchfaen Welsh
- calc Old High German
- kalk Old High German
- cailc Old Irish
- *kalk Old Dutch
- kalk Middle Low German
- ܟܠܫܐ Classical Syriac