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Where does “iasg” come from?

iasg (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish íasc, from Proto-Celtic *ɸeiskos, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

iasg (Scottish Gaelic): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “iasg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishíascfish
2Proto-Celtic*ɸeiskos—
3Proto-Indo-European*peysk-—

Words derived from “iasg”

  • frith-iasg
  • iasgaich
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