erc'h

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *argyos (“snow”) (compare Cornish ergh, Welsh eira), from Proto-Celtic *argyos (“white”), from the same stem as *argantom (“silver”) (compare Old Irish argat (“silver”), Welsh arian (“silver”).

Noun

erc'h m (singulative erc'henn)

  1. snow
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