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Where does “saolaí” come from?

saolaí (Irish) comes from Irish saol, from Old Irish saegul, from Latin saeculum, from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- — to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

saolaí (Irish): tenant for life; life; inflection of saolach: ##...

Definitions

  1. tenant for life; life; inflection of saolach: ##...

Ancestry of “saolaí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishsaollife, lifetime; time; world
2Old Irishsaegullifetime; world
3Latinsaeculumrace, breed; generation, lifetime; the amount of...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₁-to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...
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