Where does “fostaid” come from?

fostaid (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish ·asstai, from Old Irish ad·suidi — stop, detain; stops, holds back, detains,...

Ancestry of “fostaid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irish·asstai
2Old Irishad·suidistop, detain; stops, holds back, detains,...
Every word from Old Irish ad·suidiEvery word from Old Irish ·asstai
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