curcais

bulrush, so Irish (O'Br., etc.), Early Irish curcas, Old Irish curchas, Old Welsh cors, cannulos, Welsh corsen, reed, Breton corsenn, reed, *korokasto-, korkasto; Latin cârex (Stokes, Ernault). The Early Irish currech, a marsh, is allied, *gr$$.siko-, Gaulish *parriko-, Anglo-Saxon pearroc, Greek parc (St.), Latin cursus. Perhaps English hurst (St.).