But of course, very few people today speak Celtic languages, like Welsh or Scots Gaelic.
当然,今天很少有人会说凯尔特语,比如威尔士语或苏格兰盖尔语。
英语词汇演变史
And as far as the etymology concerned, there is a minority opinion that it derives from Scots Gaelic sgonn, meaning a shapeless mass or possibly a village in Scotland called Scone.
Scottish Gaelic, or Scots Gaelic, sometimes also referred to as Gaelic (Gàidhlig[ˈkaːlikʲ]), is a Celtic language native to Scotland. A member of the Goidelic branch of the Celtic languages, Scottish Gaelic, like Modern Irish and Manx, developed out of Middle Irish, and thus is ultimately descended from Old Irish.