Where does “for-cheumnaiche” come from?
for-cheumnaiche (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic ceumnaich, from Scottish Gaelic -ich, from Old Irish -igidir, from Proto-Celtic *-sagyetor.
for-cheumnaiche (Scottish Gaelic): postgraduate
Ancestry of “for-cheumnaiche”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Scottish Gaelic | ceumnaich | pace, step; graduate |
| 2 | Scottish Gaelic | -ich | Suffix used to form verbs; semi-productive in... |
| 3 | Old Irish | -igidir | a suffix used to form verbs from nouns and... |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | *-sagyetor | — |