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Where does “dhesean” come from?

dhesean (Irish) comes from Irish dhe, from Irish de, from Old Irish di, from Proto-Celtic dī, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

dhesean (Irish): third-person singular masculine emphatic of de

Definitions

  1. third-person singular masculine emphatic of de

Ancestry of “dhesean”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishdhethird-person singular masculine of de
2Irishdefrom; of; third-person singular masculine of de
3Old Irishdiof, from; Alternative spelling of dí: to/from her
4Proto-Celticdī—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
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