Where does “nàiseantach” come from?

nàiseantach (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic nàiseanta, from Scottish Gaelic -ta, from Scottish Gaelic -te, from Old Irish -de — Used to form adjectives from nouns, denoting...

nàiseantach (Scottish Gaelic): nationalist

Definitions

  1. nationalist

Ancestry of “nàiseantach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicnàiseantanational
2Scottish Gaelic-taAlternative form of -te
3Scottish Gaelic-teUsed to form adjectives from nouns, in the sense...
4Old Irish-deUsed to form adjectives from nouns, denoting...
Every word from Old Irish -de →Every word from Scottish Gaelic -te →Every word from Scottish Gaelic -ta →