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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishdí-of, from
2Proto-Celticdī-from, of; clothes, clothing; from, away
3Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
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