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Where does “meaingraafeeaght” come from?

meaingraafeeaght (Manx) comes from Manx meain, from Middle Irish mían, from Proto-Celtic *meinis, from Proto-Indo-European mēy(H)nis, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mēy(H)- — to cut, hew.

meaingraafeeaght (Manx): metallography

Definitions

  1. metallography

Ancestry of “meaingraafeeaght”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Manxmeainore; mine
2Middle Irishmíanmineral, ore
3Proto-Celtic*meinis—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy(H)nis—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)mēy(H)-to cut, hew
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