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Where does “dóigid” come from?

dóigid (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish dóïd, from Proto-Celtic *dauyeti, from Proto-Indo-European deh₂w- — kindle, burn; to burn.

Ancestry of “dóigid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishdóïd—
2Proto-Celtic*dauyeti—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂w-kindle, burn; to burn
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