gualann

gualann
guala, gualann
shoulder, Irish guala, g. gualann, Early Irish gualu, g. *gualand: *goulôn, root $$geu, $$gu, gu, bend; Greek $$Ggui$$non, limb, $$Ggúalon, a hollow, $$Ggúcs, ploughtree (Latin bura); Old Bactrian = Zend, ga$$-o, hand. Strachan and Stokes give the root gub, bend, stem *gublôn-, Indo-European gheubh, bend, Greek $$Gkufós (u long), bent, stooping; Lettic gubt, stoop.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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