Gammon, Sheldru, Shelter, Shelteroch, the Ould Thing, Tinker's Cant, and Shelta Thari.

Etymology

The word Shelta appeared in print for the first time in 1882, in the book The Gypsies by the "gypsiologist" Charles Leland, who claimed to have discovered it as the "fifth Celtic tongue". The word's etymology has long been a matter of debate. Modern Celticists believe that Irish siúl "to walk" is at the root, either via a term such as siúltóir

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