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Where does “mítharraingteach” come from?

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

mítharraingteach (Irish): unattractive, charmless

Definitions

  1. unattractive, charmless

Ancestry of “mítharraingteach”, step by step

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