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

Definitions

  1. misdoer

Ancestry of “mì-dhèanadair”, step by step

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

via Scottish Gaelic dèanadair

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicdèanadairdoer
2Scottish Gaelic-adairForming nouns from nouns and adjectives with the...
3Old Irish-atóir
4Latin-ator-ator, -er; second-person singular future passive...
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via Scottish Gaelic mi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish GaelicmiI; me
2Old IrishI
3Proto-CelticI, me
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Scottish Gaelic -adair
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