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Where does “dílaid” come from?

dílaid (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish díl, from Old Irish dí-, from Proto-Celtic dī-, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

Ancestry of “dílaid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishdílsatisfaction, paying, of a debt
2Old Irishdí-of, from
3Proto-Celticdī-from, of; clothes, clothing; from, away
4Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

Words derived from “dílaid”

  • mórdhíol
  • miondíol
  • díol
  • miondíoltóir
  • miondíoltóireacht
  • mórdhíoltóir
  • dìol
  • ath-dhìol
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