Where does “mrecht” come from?

mrecht (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic mrixtos, from Proto-Indo-European mr̥gʷ-tó-s, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

mrecht (Old Irish): variegated

Definitions

  1. variegated

Ancestry of “mrecht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticmrixtospainted, speckled
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmr̥gʷ-tó-s
3Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European mr̥gʷ-tó-sEvery word from Proto-Celtic mrixtos
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