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Where does “drabasdachd” come from?

drabasdachd (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic -achd, from Old Irish -acht, from Proto-Celtic -axtā, from Proto-Celtic axtā.

drabasdachd (Scottish Gaelic): bawdiness, obscenity, pornography, ribaldry, smut

Definitions

  1. bawdiness, obscenity, pornography, ribaldry, smut

Ancestry of “drabasdachd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelic-achdDenoting system of government; Denoting religion;...
2Old Irish-acht-ness, -hood; forms abstract nouns
3Proto-Celtic-axtā—
4Proto-Celticaxtā—
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