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Where does “dósan” come from?

dósan (Irish) comes from Old Irish dosom, from Old Irish dó, from Proto-Celtic *dū, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

dósan (Irish): third-person singular masculine emphatic of do

Definitions

  1. third-person singular masculine emphatic of do

Ancestry of “dósan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishdosom—
2Old Irishdóthird-person singular masculine and neuter of do;...
3Proto-Celtic*dū—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
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