Where does “cuirim” come from?
cuirim (Irish) comes from Irish -im, from Irish im, from Old Irish imb, from Old Irish sín, from Proto-Celtic sindos, from Proto-Indo-European sḗm, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
cuirim (Irish): first-person singular present indicative of cuir
Definitions
- first-person singular present indicative of cuir
Ancestry of “cuirim”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Irish | -im | first-person singular present indicative and... |
| 2 | Irish | im | butter; Alternative form of um |
| 3 | Old Irish | imb | butter; around |
| 4 | Old Irish | sín | — |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | sindos | this |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗm | one |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |