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Where does “slúagh” come from?

slúagh (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish slóg, from Proto-Celtic slougos, from Proto-Indo-European slowgʰo-.

slúagh (Middle Irish): army, host; throng, crowd, company, assembly

Definitions

  1. army, host; throng, crowd, company, assembly

Ancestry of “slúagh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishslógarmy, host; throng, crowd, company, assembly
2Proto-Celticslougostroop, army
3Proto-Indo-Europeanslowgʰo-—

Words derived from “slúagh”

  • slogan
  • sloganeer
  • sloganed
  • sloganize
  • counterslogan
  • sloganise
  • sloganless
  • sloganizer
  • slughorn
  • eslogan
  • slogan
  • слоган
  • スローガン
  • slogan
  • slogan
  • слоган
  • 슬로건
  • slua
  • sluagh
  • mórshlua
  • síothshluagh
  • sluagh-ghairm
  • mòr-sluagh
  • sluagh
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