cùdainn

cùdainn
a large bushel or tub; cf. Norse kútr, cask, Scottish coodie, quiddie, small tub. Middle Irish cuidin, coithin, catînus, is probably from a Celt. kotîno-, Greek $$Gkotúlc, cup, Latin catînus, a dep vessel.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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