- sreang
- a string, Irish srang, srang, Early Irish sreng: *srengo-, strengo-, Gadelic root streg; immediately allied either to English string, Norse strengr, German strang (Indo-European stre $$Gh, Greek $$Gstréfw, turn), or to Latin stringo, bind, German strick, string (Indo-European stre$$g). The Indo-European roots stre$$g and stre$$gh are allied ultimately. sraing, lie, embroidery (Hend.).
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.