List of English words of Scots origin

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List of English words of Scots origin is a list of English language words of Lowland Scots origin.

• Bereaved
  
• Blackmail
  
• Bonspiel
  (originally French)
• Caddie
  
• Canny
  
• Clan
  (originally Gaelic)
• Collie
  
• Convener
  
• *(or Convenor)
• Cookie
  
• Cosy
  
• Croon
  
• Cuddle
  
• Eerie
  
• Forebear
  
• Firth
  (cognate with fjord)
• Flit
  
• furth
  
• Glamour
  
• Glower
  
• Golf
  
• Greed
  
• Gumption
  
• Outwith
  
• Kirk
  
• Lilt
  
• Links (golf)
  
• Loch
  (originally Gaelic)
• Moderator
  
• Outwith
  
• Pernickety
  
• Plaid
  
• Pony
  
• Preses
  
• Provost
  
• Raid
  
• Rampage
  
• Scone
  
• Serene
  (coined by Dunbar)
• Spiel
  
• Stob
  
• Uncanny
  
• Wizened
  
• Wraith
  

See also

• List of English words of Scottish Gaelic origin
• Lists of English words of international origin

 

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