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Where does “ath-sheall” come from?

ath-sheall (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic ath, from Old Irish áth, from Proto-Celtic yātus, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.

ath-sheall (Scottish Gaelic): reconsider; look again

Definitions

  1. reconsider; look again

Ancestry of “ath-sheall”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicathnext
2Old Irisháthford; open space or hollow between two objects
3Proto-Celticyātusford
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₂-to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel
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