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Where does “mì-thaitneas” come from?

mì-thaitneas (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic mì-thaitinn, from Scottish Gaelic mi, from Old Irish mé, from Proto-Celtic mī, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

mì-thaitneas (Scottish Gaelic): offense

Definitions

  1. offense

Ancestry of “mì-thaitneas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicmì-thaitinndisagree, displease, dissatisfy, offend
2Scottish GaelicmiI; me
3Old IrishméI
4Proto-CelticmīI, me
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
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