Where does “jeih-reirit” come from?
jeih-reirit (Manx) comes from Manx jeih, from Old Irish deich, from Proto-Celtic dekam, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.
jeih-reirit (Manx): well-conducted
Ancestry of “jeih-reirit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Manx | jeih | ten |
| 2 | Old Irish | deich | ten; second-person singular imperative of do·fich |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | dekam | ten |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥ | ten |