Where does “iad” come from?
iad (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Middle Irish íat, from Old Irish é, from Proto-Indo-European éy, from Proto-Indo-European h₁e-.
iad (Scottish Gaelic): they; them
Ancestry of “iad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Irish | íat | they, them |
| 2 | Old Irish | é | he; it; they |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | éy | the; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁e- | — |