Where does “magh” come from?
magh (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish mag, from Proto-Celtic magos, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.
magh (Scottish Gaelic): field, plain; battlefield
Definitions
- field, plain; battlefield
Ancestry of “magh”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Irish | mag | a plain, field |
| 2 | Proto-Celtic | magos | plain, field |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂- | big, great; great; big, stour, great |