Where does “ùmhal” come from?

ùmhal (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish umal, from Latin humilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

ùmhal (Scottish Gaelic): submissive, obedient; humble, lowly, meek;...

Definitions

  1. submissive, obedient; humble, lowly, meek;...

Ancestry of “ùmhal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishumalhumble; obedient; obedient, submissive, subject;...
2Latinhumilislow, lowly, small, slight; shallow; base, mean,...
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “ùmhal”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin humilis →