Where does “mì-chneasta” come from?

mì-chneasta (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic cneasta, from Scottish Gaelic cneasda, from Old Irish cnesta, from Old Irish cnes, from Proto-Celtic *knissos — skin.

mì-chneasta (Scottish Gaelic): cruel, merciless

Definitions

  1. cruel, merciless

Ancestry of “mì-chneasta”, step by step

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

via Scottish Gaelic cneasta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish GaeliccneastaAlternative form of cneasda
2Scottish Gaeliccneasdamerciful
3Old Irishcnestahealed; fitting, proper, seemly
4Old Irishcnesskin, surface; body, flesh
5Proto-Celtic*knissosskin

via Scottish Gaelic mi

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

Words derived from “mì-chneasta”

Every word from Proto-Celtic *knissos →Every word from Old Irish cnes →Every word from Old Irish cnesta →