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Where does “mag” come from?

mag (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic magos, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

mag (Old Irish): a plain, field

Definitions

  1. a plain, field

Ancestry of “mag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticmagosplain, field
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great

Words derived from “mag”

  • lármhá
  • má
  • más
  • másach
  • magh
  • ármag
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