Etymograph

English

sloggorne

Sloggorne comes from Scottish Gaelic sluagh-ghairm ‘slogan’, from gairm ‘verbal noun of gairm’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- ‘to call, cry’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵeh₂r-1‘to call, cry’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*garsman2‘a cry’reconstructed
  3. Old Irishc. 600–900gairm2‘verbal noun of gairid’
  4. Scottish Gaelicmoderngairm2‘verbal noun of gairm’
  5. Scottish Gaelicmodernsluagh-ghairm2‘slogan’
  6. Englishtodaysloggorne2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Celtic *garsman
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English sloggorne

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵeh₂r-Wiktionary, Proto-Celtic *garsman‘to call, cry’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*garsmanWiktionary, English sloggorne‘a cry’reconstructed
  3. Old Irishc. 600–900gairmWiktionary, English sloggorne‘verbal noun of gairid’
  4. Scottish GaelicmoderngairmWiktionary, English sloggorne‘verbal noun of gairm’
  5. Scottish Gaelicmodernsluagh-ghairmWiktionary, English sloggorne‘slogan’
  6. EnglishtodaysloggorneWiktionary, English sloggorne

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- ‘to call, cry’

care, charm, garrulous, 12 more

Today it means

noun —

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sloggorne”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Proto-Celtic *garsman. 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 *ǵeh₂r- / sloggorne

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