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Where does “denaid” come from?

denaid (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic dinati, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

denaid (Old Irish): to suck

Definitions

  1. to suck

Ancestry of “denaid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticdinati—
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse
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