bugail
Pronunciation: /ˈbɪɡai̯l/
“bugail” is a Welsh word. Its meaning in English:
noun
Etymology
From Middle Welsh bugeil, from Proto-Brythonic *bʉgöl, from Proto-Celtic *boukolyos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷowkólos, from *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *kʷelh₁- (“to revolve, turn around”). Cognates include Cornish bugel (“shepherd”), Breton bugel (“child”), Irish buachaill (“boy”), Scottish Gaelic buachaille (“herder”), Manx bochilley (“shepherd”) and Ancient Greek βουκόλος (boukólos, “cowherd”) (whence…
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