Where does “saighdiúir” come from?

saighdiúir (Irish) comes from Middle Irish saigteóir, from Old Irish saiget, from Latin Sagitta, from Latin sagitta — arrow, bolt; lancet; arrowhead, a plant of the...

saighdiúir (Irish): soldier

Definitions

  1. soldier

Ancestry of “saighdiúir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishsaigteóirarcher, bowman; soldier
2Old Irishsaigetarrow, dart, javelin
3LatinSagittathe Arrow, Sagitta
4Latinsagittaarrow, bolt; lancet; arrowhead, a plant of the...

Words derived from “saighdiúir”

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