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Where does “lheiney” come from?

lheiney (Manx) comes from Old Irish léine — linen; tunic, smock.

lheiney (Manx): shirt

Definitions

  1. shirt

Ancestry of “lheiney”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishléinelinen; tunic, smock
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