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Where does “dubhach” come from?

dubhach (Irish) comes from Old Irish dubach, from Old Irish dubae, from Old Irish -e, from Old Irish lán, from Proto-Celtic ɸlānos, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

dubhach (Irish): sad, mournful, gloomy, melancholy; Superseded...

Definitions

  1. sad, mournful, gloomy, melancholy; Superseded...

Ancestry of “dubhach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishdubachgloomy, sad, mournful
2Old Irishdubaegloom, grief; genitive singular feminine of dub
3Old Irish-eForms concrete or abstract nouns from adjectives
4Old Irishlánfull
5Proto-Celticɸlānosfull
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
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