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== Etymology == | == Etymology == | ||
The {{wp|Scottish Gaelic|Carnish Gaelic}} name ''Slúagh'' stems from the {{wp|Old Irish|Gallawan}} ''slúag'' (≈ ''slóg''), meaning 'host, army; crowd, assembly'. Variant forms include ''slógh'' and ''sluag''. It derives from the {{wp|Proto-Celtic}} root *''slougo-'', whose original meaning may have been 'those serving the chief', by comparing with {{wp|Baltic languages| | The {{wp|Scottish Gaelic|Carnish Gaelic}} name ''Slúagh'' stems from the {{wp|Old Irish|Gallawan}} ''slúag'' (≈ ''slóg''), meaning 'host, army; crowd, assembly'. Variant forms include ''slógh'' and ''sluag''. It derives from the {{wp|Proto-Celtic}} root *''slougo-'', whose original meaning may have been 'those serving the chief', by comparing with {{wp|Baltic languages|Orenstian}} words that probably emerged from early linguistic contacts with Celtic speakers in Eastern and Southern [[Levantia]]: e.g. ''slaugà'' ('service, servitude'). | ||
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