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Where does “deoghail” come from?

deoghail (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Proto-Celtic delu-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

deoghail (Scottish Gaelic): suck, imbibe, draw, absorb; genitive singular of...

Definitions

  1. suck, imbibe, draw, absorb; genitive singular of...

Ancestry of “deoghail”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticdelu-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse
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