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

  1. field, plain; battlefield

Ancestry of “magh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishmaga plain, field
2Proto-Celticmagosplain, field
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great

Words derived from “magh”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- →Every word from Proto-Celtic magos →Every word from Old Irish mag →