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Where does “in·fét” come from?
in·fét (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic *weideti, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
Ancestry of “in·fét”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Celtic
*weideti
to tell, relate
2
Proto-Indo-European
weyd-
to see
Words derived from “in·fét”
inch
Ennis
inchworm
incher
inchlong
inchwide
microinch
inchmeal
indisin
indisid
insint
inis
insh
gearrinsint
claoninsint
innis
yn-insh
neuinsh
insheen
aa-insh
nis
ath-innis
Inis Meáin
Inis Faithlinn
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