kelorn

Breton

Etymology

According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *kelp- (“cauldron, jar”), also compared to Welsh celwrn and the British placename Cilurnum.[1]

Noun

kelorn m

  1. bucket

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 555, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 555
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