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Where does “míghnaíúil” come from?

míghnaíúil (Irish) comes from Irish gnaíúil, from Irish -úil, from Middle Irish -amail, from Old Irish -amail, from Old Irish amail, from Old Irish samail, from Proto-Celtic samalis, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

míghnaíúil (Irish): ill-favored, uncomely, unprepossessing;...

Definitions

  1. ill-favored, uncomely, unprepossessing;...

Ancestry of “míghnaíúil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishgnaíúildecent; generous; comely
2Irish-úilUsed to form many adjective forms from nouns in...
3Middle Irish-amail-like
4Old Irish-amail-like
5Old IrishamailAlternative form of amal; like, as
6Old Irishsamailverbal noun of samlaidir; likeness, similarity;...
7Proto-Celticsamalissimilitude, description
8Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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