cas

I

foot, leg, Irish cos, Old Irish coss, Welsh coes, *koksâ; Latin coxa, hip; Middle High German hahse, bend of the knee; Sanskrit kákshas, armpit.

II

steep, sudden, Irish casach, an ascent, Middle Irish cass, rapid, *kasto-; English haste.

III

curled, Irish, Middle Irish cas, curly, casaim, flecto; &qasto-, root qas; Norse haddr (has-da-), hair, English hair; Lithuanian kasa, hair-plait, Church Slavonic kosa, hair (Kluge). Stokes compares it with Latin quasillum, a basket, root quas.

VI

gnash the teeth, Irish cais, hate, Welsh câs, hate, Breton cas, *cad-s-to-; English hate, German hass, Gothic hatis. Of the same ultimate origin as cas, sudden (Strachan).

V

fire (as a stone) (Suth.), seemingly founded on English cast. Cf. casadh ar a chéile = met (Irish).