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Where does “mì-loinnealas” come from?

mì-loinnealas (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic mì-loinneil, from Scottish Gaelic -ail, from Middle Irish -amhail, from Old Irish -amail, from Old Irish amail, from Old Irish samail, from Proto-Celtic samalis, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

mì-loinnealas (Scottish Gaelic): impropriety, irregularity

Definitions

  1. impropriety, irregularity

Ancestry of “mì-loinnealas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicmì-loinneilawkward, disordered, untidy; irregular;...
2Scottish Gaelic-ailOf or pertaining to an adjectival suffix applied...
3Middle Irish-amhail—
4Old Irish-amail-like
5Old IrishamailAlternative form of amal; like, as
6Old Irishsamailverbal noun of samlaidir; likeness, similarity;...
7Proto-Celticsamalissimilitude, description
8Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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