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Where does “aintighearnail” come from?

aintighearnail (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic aintighearna, from Scottish Gaelic tighearna, from Old Irish tigerna, from Old Irish tigernae, from Old Irish tigern, from Proto-Celtic tigernos, from Proto-Celtic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos — adjectival suffix.

aintighearnail (Scottish Gaelic): despotic, tyrannical; authoritarian

Definitions

  1. despotic, tyrannical; authoritarian

Ancestry of “aintighearnail”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicaintighearnadespot, tyrant
2Scottish Gaelictighearnalord
3Old Irishtigerna—
4Old Irishtigernaelord
5Old Irishtigern—
6Proto-Celtictigernoslord, ruler
7Proto-Celtic-īnosOf or pertaining to; -ine
8Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
9Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
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