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Where does “bean-eiridinn” come from?

bean-eiridinn (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic eiridnich, from Scottish Gaelic -ich, from Old Irish -igidir, from Proto-Celtic *-sagyetor.

bean-eiridinn (Scottish Gaelic): nurse

Definitions

  1. nurse

Ancestry of “bean-eiridinn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaeliceiridnichnurse
2Scottish Gaelic-ichSuffix used to form verbs; semi-productive in...
3Old Irish-igidira suffix used to form verbs from nouns and...
4Proto-Celtic*-sagyetor—
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