- ciomach
- a prisoner, Irish cimidh, Old Irish cimbid, *km$$.biti- (Stokes), root kemb, wind; Latin cingo, surround; Greek $$Gkómbos, band, Norwegian hempa (do.). See ceangal, from the same Indo-European root qen$$g.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.