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Where does “eo” come from?

eo (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish eó, from Proto-Celtic esoxs — salmon.

eo (Scottish Gaelic): salmon; peg; thorn

Definitions

  1. salmon; peg; thorn

Ancestry of “eo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irisheósalmon; stem, shaft; yew, tree
2Proto-Celticesoxssalmon
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