Where does “eucoireachd” come from?

eucoireachd (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic eucoir, from Old Irish écóir, from Old Irish é-, from Proto-Celtic an-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

eucoireachd (Scottish Gaelic): crime, criminality

Definitions

  1. crime, criminality

Ancestry of “eucoireachd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaeliceucoircrime; injustice, wrong
2Old Irishécóirincongruous, at variance
3Old Irishé-privative affix attaching onto nouns and...
4Proto-Celtican-un-, not
5Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →Every word from Old Irish é- →