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Where does “mì-thaingeil” come from?

mì-thaingeil (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic taingeil, 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-thaingeil (Scottish Gaelic): ungrateful

Definitions

  1. ungrateful

Ancestry of “mì-thaingeil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelictaingeilgrateful, thankful, acknowledging
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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