Where does “máeth” come from?

máeth (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish moíth, from Proto-Celtic moyto-, from Proto-Indo-European meyh₁- — mild, soft.

máeth (Middle Irish): soft, tender, yielding

Definitions

  1. soft, tender, yielding

Ancestry of “máeth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishmoíth—
2Proto-Celticmoyto-tender
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyh₁-mild, soft

Words derived from “máeth”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyh₁- →Every word from Proto-Celtic moyto- →Every word from Old Irish moíth →
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