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Where does “sollys” come from?

sollys (Manx) comes from Old Irish solus, from Old Irish so, from Proto-Celtic so, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

sollys (Manx): light; lamp; bright, shining, brilliant

Definitions

  1. light; lamp; bright, shining, brilliant

Ancestry of “sollys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishsolusbright, clear
2Old Irishsothis
3Proto-Celticsothis
4Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “sollys”

  • aahollys
  • co-hollys rollageagh
  • ard-sollys
  • ard-sollyssid
  • rehollys
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