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Where do
these names come from and what do they mean? Good question and
one that I could not find a definitive answer to.
While I
could find information on a variety of crunluath and taorluath
styles – there is a GREAT resource
here
– I could not find any information on what the terms meant.
Failing that, I went to Scottish Gaelic and Irish for a hint.
And here is what I found.
luath (Scottish Gaelic)
From Old Irish lúath fast,
swift, fleet, nimble, quick, speedy, each luath -
a fleet horse.
From Old Irish léimm, from Proto-Celtic *lang-smen-
(compare Welsh llam), from Proto-Indo-European *legʷh-
("light, not heavy").
Verbal noun of
leum - jump, leap, skip, spring,
bound, dash, frisk, start. Leum gàbhaidh - a
dangerous leap
OK, that’s descriptive of the movements. I also found
tarlú (Irish)
From tarl-
+ -ú
.
Verbal noun of
tarlaigh1,
a happening,
an occurrence.
Perhaps the meaning has been lost to history. |
