Lemizh / English dictionary

kràgw.

to be mad, insane, to behave madly

krègw. mad(man)

Etymology

< NLem krOgwn‑a
< LMLem krègwon‑ar
< MLem kreigwon‑ar ‘bloodthirsty’
< OLem krei‑gwon‑, endocentric compound (tatpurusha) of
  OLem krei‑ ‘blood (outside the body)’
< PLem *krēw‑
< PIE *kréu̯h₂‑s, root noun of
  PIE *kreu̯h₂‑ ‘(make) bleed’
 —and—
  OLem gwon‑ ‘eager’
< PLem *gwon‑
< PIE *k̑u̯ón‑s ‘dog’

Cognates

Gk κρέας ‘flesh’; Eng hound