Where does “delam” come from?
delam (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish dí-, from Proto-Celtic dī-, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
Ancestry of “delam”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Irish | dí- | of, from |
| 2 | Proto-Celtic | dī- | from, of; clothes, clothing; from, away |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |