guilbneach

the curlew: "beaked one", Early Irish gulbnech, beaked, Old Irish gulban, beak, Old Welsh gilbin, acumine, Welsh gylf, bill, beak, gylfant, Cornish gilb, foratorium, geluin, rostrum: *gulbano-; German kolben, piston, knob, gun-stock. Bez. compares only N.Slovenic golbati, gnaw. Cf. Lithuanian gulbe$$?, swan.