creidhm

creim, creidhm

gnaw, chew, nibble, Irish creimim, creidhmim, Middle Irish créim. Irish is also creinim, Welsh cnithio, cnoi (which also means "gnaw"): from knet, knen, kno$$-, ken, bite, scratch, as in cnàmh, q.v. The n of kn early becomes r because of the m or n after the first vowel.