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Where does “eayst” come from?

eayst (Manx) comes from Old Irish éscae, from Proto-Celtic *eiskyom.

eayst (Manx): moon; lunar

Definitions

  1. moon; lunar

Ancestry of “eayst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishéscaemoon; lunar month
2Proto-Celtic*eiskyom—
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