Where does “deicheamh” come from?

deicheamh (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic deich, from Old Irish deich, from Proto-Celtic dekam, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.

deicheamh (Scottish Gaelic): tenth

Definitions

  1. tenth

Ancestry of “deicheamh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicdeichten
2Old Irishdeichten; second-person singular imperative of do·fich
3Proto-Celticdekamten
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ →Every word from Proto-Celtic dekam →Every word from Old Irish deich →