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Where does “mígheanmnaíocht” come from?

mígheanmnaíocht (Irish) comes from Irish mí-, from Old Irish mí-, from Proto-Indo-European mēi-.

mígheanmnaíocht (Irish): impurity, unchastity

Definitions

  1. impurity, unchastity

Ancestry of “mígheanmnaíocht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishmí-Having a negative or missing quality; not
2Old Irishmí-evil, ill, sinister
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēi-—
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