Where does “mì-cheartas” come from?

mì-cheartas (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic mi, from Old Irish mé, from Proto-Celtic mī, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

mì-cheartas (Scottish Gaelic): impropriety, injustice

Definitions

  1. impropriety, injustice

Ancestry of “mì-cheartas”, step by step

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

via Scottish Gaelic mi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish GaelicmiI; me
2Old IrishméI
3Proto-CelticmīI, me
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Scottish Gaelic ceartas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicceartas—
2Latincertuscertain; fixed, settled, firm; resolved,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Celtic mī →Every word from Old Irish mé →
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