seasgann

seasgann
a fenny country, marsh, Irish seisgeann, Early Irish sescenn; from *sesc, sedge, Irish seisg, sedge, Welsh hesg (pl.), Cornish hescen, Breton hesk, whence Romance sescha, reed; cf. English sedge, Indo-European root seq, cut. Zimmer refers seasgann to seasg, dry, though it denotes wet or marsh land.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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  • Shiskine — (Gaelic: Seasgann ) is a small village on the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. Sitting further up the Shiskine Valley from the village of Blackwaterfoot, the village takes its name from a corruption of the Gaelic for marshy place .… …   Wikipedia

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