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Where does “ath-ghairm” come from?

ath-ghairm (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic gairm, from Old Irish gairm, from Proto-Celtic *garsman, from Proto-Indo-European ǵh₂r̥-smn̥, from Proto-Indo-European ǵeh₂r- — to shout, cry; exclamation; voice; to call, cry.

ath-ghairm (Scottish Gaelic): echo; encore; recall, retrieval

Definitions

  1. echo; encore; recall, retrieval

Ancestry of “ath-ghairm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicgairmcall, cry; crow; declare
2Old Irishgairma call, cry; call, shout; neighbor
3Proto-Celtic*garsman—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵh₂r̥-smn̥—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵeh₂r-to shout, cry; exclamation; voice; to call, cry
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