Where does “nàimhdeil” come from?
nàimhdeil (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Irish namhaid, from Middle Irish náma, from Old Irish námae, from Proto-Celtic nāmants, from Proto-Celtic amati, from Indonesian -i, from Malay -i, from English -ee — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
nàimhdeil (Scottish Gaelic): hostile, inimical, adverse
Definitions
- hostile, inimical, adverse
Ancestry of “nàimhdeil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | namhaid | enemy |
| 2 | Middle Irish | náma | enemy |
| 3 | Old Irish | námae | enemy |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | nāmants | enemy |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | amati | to love |
| 6 | Indonesian | -i | verbal suffix for manipulating, completing, or placing the object from a noun |
| 7 | Malay | -i | locative, repetitive, or exhaustive; added to... |
| 8 | English | -ee | Added to transitive verbs to form words meaning a... |
| 9 | French | -ée | Forming feminine nouns having the sense of... |
| 10 | Middle French | -ee | forms a feminine noun indicating a quantity or content measured by what the base noun denotes, often translatable as |
| 11 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | -εῖος | Forms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |