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Where does “fliuch” come from?

fliuch (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish fliuch, from Proto-Celtic wlikʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ- — moist, to wet.

fliuch (Scottish Gaelic): wet, rainy, moist, damp, oozy; wet, moisten;...

Definitions

  1. wet, rainy, moist, damp, oozy; wet, moisten;...

Ancestry of “fliuch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishfliuchwet; damp, wet weather
2Proto-Celticwlikʷoswet
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwleykʷ-moist, to wet
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