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Where does “fo-shlighe” come from?

fo-shlighe (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic slighe, from Middle Irish slige, from Old Irish slige, from Old Irish sligid, from Celtic *sligeti, from Proto-Indo-European sleyǵ- — to glide, smooth, spread; to smear; to creep; to...

fo-shlighe (Scottish Gaelic): subway, pedestrian underpass

Definitions

  1. subway, pedestrian underpass

Ancestry of “fo-shlighe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicslighepath, trail, track, route, way, journey, road
2Middle Irishsligeroad, way, passage
3Old Irishsligecomb
4Old Irishsligidto strike down, fell
5Celtic*sligeti—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansleyǵ-to glide, smooth, spread; to smear; to creep; to...
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