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Where does “ceilid” come from?

ceilid (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic keleti, from Hungarian -i, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

ceilid (Old Irish): to hide, to conceal

Definitions

  1. to hide, to conceal

Ancestry of “ceilid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtickeletito hide, to conceal
2Hungarian-iAdded to a proper noun, noun or postposition to...
3Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
4Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
5Proto-West Germanic-jā—
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “ceilid”

  • ceil
  • conceil
  • doceil
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