Where does “breeoilid” come from?
breeoilid (Manx) comes from Manx breeoil, from Manx -oil, 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.
breeoilid (Manx): effectiveness; expressiveness
Definitions
- effectiveness; expressiveness
Ancestry of “breeoilid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Manx | breeoil | vigorous, energetic, dynamic, forceful, active ,... |
| 2 | Manx | -oil | An adjectival suffix applied to various words,... |
| 3 | Middle Irish | -amail | -like |
| 4 | Old Irish | -amail | -like |
| 5 | Old Irish | amail | Alternative form of amal; like, as |
| 6 | Old Irish | samail | verbal noun of samlaidir; likeness, similarity;... |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | samalis | similitude, description |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |