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Where does “gearrinsint” come from?

gearrinsint (Irish) comes from Irish insint, from Old Irish indisin, from Old Irish in·fét, from Proto-Celtic *weideti, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

gearrinsint (Irish): short account, epitome

Definitions

  1. short account, epitome

Ancestry of “gearrinsint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishinsintverbal noun of inis; declaiming, narrating,...
2Old Irishindisin—
3Old Irishin·fét—
4Proto-Celtic*weideti—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
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