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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

  1. light; buoyant; dizzy, lightheaded

Ancestry of “aotrom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishétrumlight
2Old Irishé-privative affix attaching onto nouns and...
3Proto-Celtican-un-, not
4Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
5Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
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