- buidheann
- a company, Irish buidhean, Old Irish buden, Welsh byddin, Old Breton bodin, manus, *bodînâ; Old High German chutti, troop, band, Old Frisian. kedde, German kette, covey; Indo-European gô: go, drive; cf. Lithuanian gu$$?tas, herd.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.