Where does “mì-ghnìomh” come from?

mì-ghnìomh (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic gnìomh, from Old Irish gním, from Proto-Celtic gnīmus, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

mì-ghnìomh (Scottish Gaelic): mischief

Definitions

  1. mischief

Ancestry of “mì-ghnìomh”, step by step

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

via Scottish Gaelic gnìomh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicgnìomhact, action, deed; task; pile, stack up
2Old Irishgnímverbal noun of gníid: doing, making; act, action,...
3Proto-Celticgnīmusdoing
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Scottish Gaelic mi

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

Words derived from “mì-ghnìomh”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Celtic gnīmus →Every word from Old Irish gním →