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ceann

3113.
Lockwood (W. B.): Wortkundliches: [2.] gruag ‘Haar’, ceann ‘Gras’.
In ZCP 36 (1978), pp. 24–25.
Argues that the borrowings into Norse of these Irish words presuppose a semantic evolution ‘heap’ ⁓ ‘head’ > ‘hair of the head’ > ‘hair in general’ ⁓ ‘grass’ already in Old Irish.
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