Talk:eiscir

, Wikipedia claims this comes from Old Irish. Is that true? —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 07:29, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
 * , yes, but I don't know where comes from. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 07:34, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I see. And does an older stage of Irish explain the pronunciation of ? Or a dialectal form? —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 15:59, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
 * , you mean why it's esker and not eshker? Not really; it's probably more that -shk- doesn't occur in native English words and so feels foreign to English speakers. The same thing happened in > . —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 17:18, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the explanation. It's good to know more etymological background for the jargon I use. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 18:32, 11 December 2015 (UTC)