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Where does “molaid” come from?
molaid (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish molaidir, from Proto-Celtic molātor — to praise, to laud.
Ancestry of “molaid”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Irish
molaidir
to praise
2
Proto-Celtic
molātor
to praise, to laud
Words derived from “molaid”
mol
mól
mol
moladh
mì-mhol
moil
moltóir
ardmholadh
frithmholadh
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