Gaelic and Scots
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| From | To | Original word | Borrowed as | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelic | Scots | aingeal (fire) | ingle | |
| Gaelic | Scots | càrn (pile) | cairn | |
| Gaelic | Scots | coinmheadh/coinneadh (billetting) | conveth | |
| Gaelic | Scots | gille (lad) | ghillie | |
| Gaelic | Scots | gleann | glen | |
| Gaelic | Scots | gob (mouth) | gob | |
| Gaelic | Scots | loch(an) | loch(an) | |
| Gaelic | Scots | pìobaireachd (piping) | pibroch | |
| Gaelic | Scots | Sasannach (Englishman) | Sassenach | |
| Gaelic | Scots | slanis (surety) | slàn | |
| Gaelic | Scots | sonas (happiness) | sonse/sonsy | |
| Gaelic | Scots | tochair (dowry) | tocher | |
| Gaelic | Scots | uisge-beatha (whiskey) | whisk(e)y | |
| Scots | Gaelic | aye | àidh | |
| Scots | Gaelic | cawmis (bullet mould) | gàmas/camas | |
| Scots | Gaelic | clourer | cliùrair | |
| Scots | Gaelic | clype | cluip | |
| Scots | Gaelic | couping (buying) | -copaigidh | |
| Scots | Gaelic | cowan (dry stone mason) | cobhair(eachd) | |
| Scots | Gaelic | haar | càrr | |
| Scots | Gaelic | hough | togh | |
| Scots | Gaelic | kayles | cailise | |
| Scots | Gaelic | kebbock | cabag | |
| Scots | Gaelic | keel | cil | |
| Scots | Gaelic | knok | noig | |
| Scots | Gaelic | langsett | langasaid | |
| Scots | Gaelic | plack (coin) | plang | |
| Scots | Gaelic | quaich | cuach | most likely via dative cuaich |
| Scots | Gaelic | raivel | rèamhal | |
| Scots | Gaelic | reisted | réisgte | |
| Scots | Gaelic | sketch (drying rack) | sgaitse | |
| Scots | Gaelic | sorn | sòirne | |
| Scots | Gaelic | spair (trouser fly) | speur | |
| Scots | Gaelic | speed | spìd | |
| Scots | Gaelic | spite | spìd | |
| Scots | Gaelic | swearing | cuach | |
| Scots | Gaelic | swele (swaddle) | spéileadh | |
| Scots | Gaelic | yair (fishing weir) | geàrr | |
| Scots | Gaelic | webster | buabastair |