Where does “Schots-Gaelisch” come from?
Schots-Gaelisch (Dutch) comes from Dutch schots, from Dutch Schotland, from Dutch Schot, from English Scot, from Middle English scot, from Old English Scot, from Old Norse skot, from Proto-Germanic skutą — to advance, push; to drive, propel.
Schots-Gaelisch (Dutch): Scottish Gaelic
Definitions
- Scottish Gaelic
Ancestry of “Schots-Gaelisch”, step by step
Schots-Gaelisch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch schots
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | schots | messy, disorderly; floe, ice floe |
| 2 | Dutch | Schotland | — |
| 3 | Dutch | Schot | a Scot, Scotsman |
| 4 | English | Scot | A person born in or native to Scotland |
| 5 | Middle English | scot | payment |
| 6 | Old English | Scot | shot, act of shooting |
| 7 | Old Norse | skot | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | skutą | shot |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewd- | to advance, push; to drive, propel |
via Dutch Gaelisch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Gaelisch | Gaelic |