447.
Donnelly
(Seán): Irish
cranngal
‘cran’: a piper’s technical term.
In
Celtica 20
(1988), pp. 132–140.
cranngal
‘a sound or effect in music’ is a compound of
crann
‘wood’ and
gal
‘valour, steam’, belonging to the first stage of such compounds, when
gal
expressed noise as well as action; see M.
Dillon
,
in
Celtica 8 (1968), pp. 196-200.
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D 1.3 Etymology (Individual)
M 6 PREHISTORY, CULTURAL HISTORY: MUSIC, FOLKSONG
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