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Where does “maidid” come from?

maidid (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic madyeti, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

maidid (Old Irish): to break, to burst; to defeat, to rout

Definitions

  1. to break, to burst; to defeat, to rout

Ancestry of “maidid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticmadyetito break
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

Words derived from “maidid”

  • maidhm
  • maidm
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