Where does “sneachtúil” come from?

sneachtúil (Irish) comes from Middle Irish snechtamail, from Middle Irish -amail, from Old Irish -amail, from Old Irish amail, from Old Irish samail, from Proto-Celtic samalis, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

sneachtúil (Irish): snowy

Definitions

  1. snowy

Ancestry of “sneachtúil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishsnechtamailsnowy
2Middle Irish-amail-like
3Old Irish-amail-like
4Old IrishamailAlternative form of amal; like, as
5Old Irishsamailverbal noun of samlaidir; likeness, similarity;...
6Proto-Celticsamalissimilitude, description
7Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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