Etymology Explorer
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Where does “uma” come from?
uma (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish umae, from Proto-Celtic *omiyom — copper, bronze.
Ancestry of “uma”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Irish
umae
copper
2
Proto-Celtic
*omiyom
copper, bronze
Words derived from “uma”
umha
meirg-umha
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