creubhag

creubh, creubhag

cré, the body; cf. Middle Irish crí, *kreivio-, flesh, body; Gothic hraiva-, Norse hrae, body, Old High German hreô, corpse. It is possible to refer crí, cré to *krepi-, Latin corpus, Old High German href, Anglo-Saxon hrif, body, English mod-riff. Stokes: crí, kr$$.pes.