- sgalag
- a servant, Irish sgológ (fem.), husbandman, rustic, Middle Irish scolóc (= gille), Early Irish scoloca; from Norse skálkr, servant, slave, Gothic skalks, servant, German schalk, knave, English marshal, seneschal. It could hardly be from Latin scholasticus, as Skene (Celt.Scot.$$+1 448) thinks.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.