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Where does “béic” come from?

béic (Irish) comes from Old Irish béiccid — cries, roars, bellows.

béic (Irish): yell, shout

Definitions

  1. yell, shout

Ancestry of “béic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishbéiccidcries, roars, bellows
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