Where does “mímhúinte” come from?
mímhúinte (Irish) comes from Irish mí-, from Old Irish mí-, from Proto-Indo-European mēi-.
mímhúinte (Irish): rude
Ancestry of “mímhúinte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Irish | mí- | Having a negative or missing quality; not |
| 2 | Old Irish | mí- | evil, ill, sinister |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | mēi- | — |