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Where does “bòrdadh-sneachda” come from?

bòrdadh-sneachda (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic sneachda, from Old Irish snechtae, from Proto-Indo-European snígʷʰs — snow.

bòrdadh-sneachda (Scottish Gaelic): snowboarding

Definitions

  1. snowboarding

Ancestry of “bòrdadh-sneachda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicsneachdasnow
2Old Irishsnechtaesnow
3Proto-Indo-Europeansnígʷʰssnow
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