Etymograph

English

Loaghtan

Loaghtan comes from Manx lugh dhoan.

  1. Manxmodernlugh dhoan
  2. EnglishtodayLoaghtan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Manxmodernlugh dhoan
  2. EnglishtodayLoaghtan

The story

The first syllable is from luch, from *lukūts (compare Welsh llyg (‘shrew’), llygod (‘mice’), and Breton logod (‘mice’); and the last syllable from donn, from *dusnos (‘brown’), from *dʰewh₂- (‘smoke’).

Every English word from Manx lugh dhoan

Today it means

noun A primitive, heritage sheep of a breed native to the Isle of Man, characterised by dark brown wool with usually four, or occasionally six, horns.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Manx lugh dhoan / Loaghtan

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