Where does “mì-dhèanadair” come from?
mì-dhèanadair (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic dèanadair, from Scottish Gaelic -adair, from Old Irish -atóir, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
mì-dhèanadair (Scottish Gaelic): misdoer
Ancestry of “mì-dhèanadair”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Scottish Gaelic | dèanadair | doer |
| 2 | Scottish Gaelic | -adair | Forming nouns from nouns and adjectives with the... |
| 3 | Old Irish | -atóir | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |