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Where does “slíab” come from?

slíab (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic *sleibos.

slíab (Old Irish): mountain, mountain range; moor

Definitions

  1. mountain, mountain range; moor

Ancestry of “slíab”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtic*sleibos—

Words derived from “slíab”

  • sliabh
  • sliabh
  • slíabdae
  • slieau
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