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Where does “fo-ghnìomhachas” come from?

fo-ghnìomhachas (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic gnìomhachas, from Scottish Gaelic gnìomhach, from Scottish Gaelic -ach, from Old Irish -ach, from Proto-Celtic -ākos, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂ḱos, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

fo-ghnìomhachas (Scottish Gaelic): secondary industry

Definitions

  1. secondary industry

Ancestry of “fo-ghnìomhachas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicgnìomhachasindustry; business
2Scottish Gaelicgnìomhachactive, busy, industrious; functional
3Scottish Gaelic-achForming nouns from nouns and adjectives with the...
4Old Irish-achForms adjectives meaning "related to, having,...
5Proto-Celtic-ākosForms adjectives from nouns and adjectives with...
6Proto-Indo-European-eh₂ḱos—
7Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
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