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Where does “slua” come from?

slua (Irish) comes from Old Irish slúag, from Old Irish slóg, from Proto-Celtic slougos, from Proto-Indo-European slowgʰo-.

slua (Irish): host, force, army; crowd, multitude, throng;...

Definitions

  1. host, force, army; crowd, multitude, throng;...

Ancestry of “slua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishslúag—
2Old Irishslógarmy, host; throng, crowd, company, assembly
3Proto-Celticslougostroop, army
4Proto-Indo-Europeanslowgʰo-—

Words derived from “slua”

  • sluagh
  • síothshluagh
  • mórshlua
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