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Where does “doléici” come from?

doléici (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish léicid, from Proto-Celtic linkʷīti, from Proto-Indo-European linékʷti, from Proto-Indo-European leykʷ- — to leave.

doléici (Old Irish): to let, allow; to throw, fling, hurl; to lower,...

Definitions

  1. to let, allow; to throw, fling, hurl; to lower,...

Ancestry of “doléici”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishléicidto leave, abandon, release, let go; to let,...
2Proto-Celticlinkʷītito leave, to leave behind
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlinékʷtito be leaving
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleykʷ-to leave
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