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Where does “[[cimme]], [[cimmid]]” come from?

[[cimme]], [[cimmid]] (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish cimbid — prisoner, captive; victim; For quotations using...

Ancestry of “[[cimme]], [[cimmid]]”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcimbidprisoner, captive; victim; For quotations using...
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