3333.
Hamp
(Eric P.): Varia: 8. On snow in Ireland.
In
Ériu 25
(1974), pp. 280–281.
arg
develops semantically from ‘snow’ to ‘drop’; cf.
snechta
‘snow’ related to
snigid
‘drips’.
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snigid