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Where does “seachtó” come from?

seachtó (Irish) comes from Old Irish sechtmoga, from Old Irish secht, from Proto-Celtic sextam, from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ — seven.

seachtó (Irish): seventy

Definitions

  1. seventy

Ancestry of “seachtó”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishsechtmogaseventy
2Old Irishsechtseven
3Proto-Celticsextamseven
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven
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