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Where does “claontuiseal” come from?

claontuiseal (Irish) comes from Irish tuiseal, from Old Irish tuisel, from Old Irish do·fuisli — slips, stumbles; glides, flows.

claontuiseal (Irish): oblique case

Definitions

  1. oblique case

Ancestry of “claontuiseal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishtuisealcase; Alternative form of tuisle
2Old Irishtuiselfall, stumble; accident, misfortune; grammatical...
3Old Irishdo·fuislislips, stumbles; glides, flows
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