2003.
Breeze
(Andrew): A Celtic etymology for Hiberno-English
callow
‘river meadow’.
In
Éigse 30
(1997), pp. 158–160.
Argues that Hib-Engl.
callow
‘river meadow’ < N. Ir.
caladh
, and thus different from
callow
‘inexperienced, raw’ inherited from Germanic.
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Words/Proper Names:
caladh
callow (Hib-Engl)