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Where does “lachtadh” come from?

lachtadh (Irish) comes from Irish lacht, from Old Irish lacht, from Latin lác, from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákts — milk.

lachtadh (Irish): lactation

Definitions

  1. lactation

Ancestry of “lachtadh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishlachtyield
2Old Irishlachtmilk
3Latinlác—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵláktsmilk
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