- doirbeag
- a minnow, tadpole, Irish dairb, a marsh worm, murrain caterpillar, Early Irish duirb (acc.), worm, *dorbi-: Indo-European derbho-, wind, bend, Sanskrit darbh, wind, Middle High German zerben, whirl.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.