grinneal

grinneal
bottom of the sea, gravel, Irish grinnioll, channel, bed of a river, sand of the sea, sea bottom, Middle Irish grinnell: *gris-ni-, root, greis, gris, gravel, Early Irish grían, gravel (*greisano-), Welsh graian, gravel, greienyn a grain of gravel. Rhys (Hib.Lect., 571) refers these words to the root of grian, sun, the particle of gravel being supposed to be "a shining thing". This view is supported by grioglach and griogag, q.v.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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