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Where does “neo-shìolmhorachd” come from?

neo-shìolmhorachd (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic sìolmhorachd, from Scottish Gaelic sìolmhor, from Scottish Gaelic -mhor, from Old Irish -mar, from Old Irish már, from Proto-Celtic māros, from Proto-Indo-European moh₁ros, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

neo-shìolmhorachd (Scottish Gaelic): infertility; fruitlessness

Definitions

  1. infertility; fruitlessness

Ancestry of “neo-shìolmhorachd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicsìolmhorachdfruitfulness
2Scottish Gaelicsìolmhorprolific, fertile, generative, fruitful;...
3Scottish Gaelic-mhorForming nouns from nouns and adjectives with the...
4Old Irish-margenerates adjectives from nouns
5Old IrishmárAlternative form of mór; great
6Proto-Celticmārosbig, great
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmoh₁rosgreat
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
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