cruithneachd

== Scottish Gaelic == === Alternative forms === croineachd cruineachd === Etymology === From Old Irish cruithnecht, from a compound whose second element is Proto-Celtic *nixtos (“winnowed, wheat”) (compare Welsh gwe-nith (“wheat”) from *uɸo-nixtos), from Proto-Indo-European *neyk- (“to winnow”). Cognate with Irish cruithneacht and Manx curnaght. === Pronunciation === (Skye) IPA(key): /ˈkʰɾinəxk/ === Noun === cruithneachd f wheat ==== Derived terms ==== aran-cruithneachd (“wheat bread”) brochan-cruithneachd (“flummery”) cruithneachd-buidhe (“buckwheat”) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Edward Dwelly (1911), “cruithneachd”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cruithnecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language