Where does “cladhaire” come from?

cladhaire (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish cladaire, from Old Irish clad, from Old Irish claidid, from Proto-Celtic kladeti — to stab, dig.

cladhaire (Scottish Gaelic): coward, poltroon; hero; one superintending the...

Definitions

  1. coward, poltroon; hero; one superintending the...

Ancestry of “cladhaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcladaireditcher; rogue, rascal; sluggard, wretch
2Old Irishcladditch, trench; dyke, earthen rampart; ditch,...
3Old Irishclaididto dig
4Proto-Celtickladetito stab, dig

Words derived from “cladhaire”

Every word from Proto-Celtic kladeti →Every word from Old Irish claidid →Every word from Old Irish clad →
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