cruithneachd

cruithneachd, cruineachd

wheat, Irish cruithneachd, Old Irish cruithnecht: *kr$$.t-on-, root kert, ker, cut, "that which is cut"; Lithuanian kertù, cut; Greek $$Gkeírw, Latin curtus, etc. (Rhys). It has been compared to the Latin Ceres, English cereal, and Latin cresco, creo, as in cruth.