Where does “meechoard” come from?
meechoard (Manx) comes from Manx mee-, from Old Irish mí-, from Proto-Indo-European mēi-.
meechoard (Manx): to disagree; to dissent
Ancestry of “meechoard”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Manx | mee- | un-, non- |
| 2 | Old Irish | mí- | evil, ill, sinister |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | mēi- | — |