Where does “aotrom” come from?
aotrom (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish étrum, from Old Irish é-, from Proto-Celtic an-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
aotrom (Scottish Gaelic): light; buoyant; dizzy, lightheaded
Definitions
- light; buoyant; dizzy, lightheaded
Ancestry of “aotrom”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Irish | étrum | light |
| 2 | Old Irish | é- | privative affix attaching onto nouns and... |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | an- | un-, not |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |