English
camanachd
Camanachd comes from Scottish Gaelic camanachd ‘shinty’, from Old Irish cammán ‘hurley, hurl, hurling stick’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₂embos ‘crooked’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ḱh₂embos1‘crooked’reconstructed
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*kambos2‘twisted, crooked, bent’reconstructed
- Old Irishc. 600–900camm3‘crooked’
- Old Irishc. 600–900cammán4‘hurley, hurl, hurling stick’
- Scottish Gaelicmoderncaman5‘shinty stick’
- Scottish Gaelicmoderncamanachd5‘shinty’
- Englishtodaycamanachd5
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Celtic *kambos
- 2 Wiktionary, Old Irish camm
- 3 Wiktionary, Old Irish cammán
- 4 Wiktionary, Scottish Gaelic caman
- 5 Wiktionary, English camanachd
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ḱh₂embosWiktionary, Proto-Celtic *kambos‘crooked’reconstructed
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*kambosWiktionary, Old Irish camm‘twisted, crooked, bent’reconstructed
- Old Irishc. 600–900cammWiktionary, Old Irish cammán‘crooked’
- Old Irishc. 600–900cammánWiktionary, Scottish Gaelic caman‘hurley, hurl, hurling stick’
- Scottish GaelicmoderncamanWiktionary, English camanachd‘shinty stick’
- Scottish GaelicmoderncamanachdWiktionary, English camanachd‘shinty’
- EnglishtodaycamanachdWiktionary, English camanachd
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₂embos ‘crooked’
through Proto-Celtic *kambos ‘twisted, crooked, bent’
Today it means
noun The game of shinty.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “camanachd”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Celtic *kambos, Old Irish camm, Old Irish cammán, Scottish Gaelic caman. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₂embos / camanachd