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Where does “lom” come from?

lom (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish lomm, from Proto-Celtic *luxsmos, from Proto-Indo-European lewp-, from Proto-Indo-European lew- — dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to...

lom (Scottish Gaelic): nude, naked; bare, bleak; leafless

Definitions

  1. nude, naked; bare, bleak; leafless

Ancestry of “lom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishlommbare, naked; smooth; exact
2Proto-Celtic*luxsmos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlewp-peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlew-dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to...
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