giuthas

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Possibly related to Proto-West Germanic *kiʀn (“resinous pine wood”), itself of uncertain origin.[1]

Noun

giuthas m (genitive and plural giuthais)

  1. (tree): pine
  2. (tree): fir
  3. (tree): spruce

References
  1. MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “giuthas”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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