Where does “fichiú” come from?

fichiú (Irish) comes from Old Irish fichetmad, from Old Irish -mad, from Proto-Celtic -metos.

fichiú (Irish): twentieth; twentieth part

Definitions

  1. twentieth; twentieth part

Ancestry of “fichiú”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishfichetmad—
2Old Irish-madth
3Proto-Celtic-metos—
Every word from Proto-Celtic -metos →Every word from Old Irish -mad →Every word from Old Irish fichetmad →