Where does “mí-” come from?

mí- (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Indo-European mēi-.

mí- (Old Irish): evil, ill, sinister

Definitions

  1. evil, ill, sinister

Ancestry of “mí-”, step by step

mí- traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European mēi-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmēi-—

via Proto-Indo-European mēy-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “mí-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēi- →