Where does “ceum” come from?

ceum (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish céimm, from Proto-Celtic kanxsman, from Proto-Celtic kengeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kenǵ- — to limp.

ceum (Scottish Gaelic): step, pace, footstep; step; degree

Definitions

  1. step, pace, footstep; step; degree

Ancestry of “ceum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcéimmverbal noun of cingid; step; rank
2Proto-Celtickanxsmanstep, act of stepping
3Proto-Celtickengetito step
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kenǵ-to limp

Words derived from “ceum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kenǵ- →Every word from Proto-Celtic kengeti →Every word from Proto-Celtic kanxsman →