Where does “meirg-umha” come from?

meirg-umha (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic meirg, from Old Irish meirc, from Proto-Celtic *mergī, from Proto-Indo-European merǵ- — edge, boundary, border; boundary, border;...

meirg-umha (Scottish Gaelic): verdigris

Definitions

  1. verdigris

Ancestry of “meirg-umha”, step by step

meirg-umha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Scottish Gaelic meirg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicmeirgrust, corrosion
2Old Irishmeirc—
3Proto-Celtic*mergīrust
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmerǵ-edge, boundary, border; boundary, border;...

via Scottish Gaelic umha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicumhabronze
2Middle Irishuma—
3Old Irishumaecopper
4Proto-Celtic*omiyomcopper, bronze
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