- cneadh
- a wound, so Irish, Early Irish cned, *knidâ; Greek $$Gknízw, sting, $$Gknídc, nettle; Anglo-Saxon hnítan, tundere. Cf. Teutonic hnit, hit; Greek $$Gknizw, stick, cut; cneidh-ghalar, painful complaint.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.