Where does “reic” come from?

reic (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Middle Irish reccaid, from Old Irish recc, from English recommend, from Middle English recommenden, from Old French recommender, from Latin commendare, from Latin commendo, from Latin com- — whale, sea monster; abyss.

reic (Scottish Gaelic): sell; verbal noun of reic

Definitions

sell; verbal noun of reic

Ancestry of “reic”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle Irish	reccaid	sells, barters, exchanges
2	Old Irish	recc	—
3	English	recommend	To bestow commendation on; to represent...
4	Middle English	recommenden	To entrust someone or something to another's...
5	Old French	recommender	—
6	Latin	commendare	present active infinitive of commendō;...
7	Latin	commendo	I commend, entrust to, commit; I recommend
8	Latin	com-	allomorph of con-
9	Latin	con-	Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
10	Latin	cum	with, along with; at; -fold
11	Old Latin	com	Alternative form of cum
12	Proto-Italic	kom	with, along, at
13	Proto-Indo-European	ḱóm	beside, near, by, with
14	Proto-Indo-European	ḱe	Deictic particle, here; Post-positional...
15	Middle English	kyt	—
16	Russian	кит	whale; genitive plural of ки́та
17	Old Church Slavonic	китъ	whale
18	Ancient Greek	κῆτος	whale, sea monster; abyss

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