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Where does “lhiass-voir” come from?

lhiass-voir (Manx) comes from Manx moir, from Old Irish máthir, from Proto-Celtic mātīr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

lhiass-voir (Manx): stepmother

Definitions

  1. stepmother

Ancestry of “lhiass-voir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Manxmoirmother
2Old Irishmáthirmother
3Proto-Celticmātīrmother
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother
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