- crìon
- little, withered, Irish críon, Early Irish crín, Welsh crin, fragile, dry, Breton krin, *kre$$-no-s; the root kre$$- appears to belong to root ke$$-r, kera, destroy, Sanskrit çr$$.n$$.a$$-/mi, break, rend, Latin caries, decay, Greek $$Ga$$'kc/ratos, pure, untouched, Gothic hairus, sword. Stokes allies it to Sanskrit çrân$$.a, cooked, çrâ, cook, possibly a form of the root kera, mix, Greek $$Gkéramai, mix.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.