Where does “mì-cheart” come from?

mì-cheart (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic ceart, from Old Irish cert, from Latin certus, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.

mì-cheart (Scottish Gaelic): improper, unjust, wrong

Definitions

  1. improper, unjust, wrong

Ancestry of “mì-cheart”, step by step

mì-cheart traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Scottish Gaelic ceart

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicceartright
2Old Irishcertcorrect, right, proper, fitting; fair, just;...
3Latincertuscertain; fixed, settled, firm; resolved,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide

via Scottish Gaelic mi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish GaelicmiI; me
2Old IrishméI
3Proto-CelticmīI, me
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krey- →Every word from Latin certus →Every word from Old Irish cert →