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Where does “ear” come from?
ear (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish án, from Old Irish air — for.
ear
(Scottish Gaelic): east
Definitions
east
Ancestry of “ear”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Irish
án
verbal noun of aigid
2
Old Irish
air
for
Words derived from “ear”
taibhsear
maoidhear
foillsichear
drùisear
croitear
eadar-mhìnichear
clisgear
eadar-theangaichear
naisgear
muinear
taibhsearachd
drùisearachd
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