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Where does “toimsidetu” come from?

toimsidetu (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish toimside, from Old Irish tomus, from Proto-Celtic to-, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

toimsidetu (Old Irish): measure

Definitions

  1. measure

Ancestry of “toimsidetu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishtoimsidemeasured
2Old Irishtomusact of weighing, measuring, considering; measure,...
3Proto-Celticto-to, towards
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing
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