bràghad

bràghad
neck, throat, Irish bráighid, Old Irish bráge, g. brágat, Welsh breuant, Old Breton brehant, *brâgn$$.t-; English craw, German kragen, collar, Middle High German krage, neck; Greek $$Gbróghos, windpipe, English bronchitis. Bezzenberger (Stokes' Dict.), refers it ot the root of Norse barki, weazand, Greek $$Gfárugx, English pharynx. bràghad is really the gen. of bràighe.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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