Where does “sìobhalta” come from?

sìobhalta (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Middle Irish síbíalta, from Middle English civil, from Old French civil, from Latin cīvīlis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

sìobhalta (Scottish Gaelic): civil, civilian

Definitions

  1. civil, civilian

Ancestry of “sìobhalta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishsíbíaltacivil
2Middle Englishcivil—
3Old Frenchcivil—
4Latincīvīlis—
5Latin-ilis-ile
6Proto-Italic-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-elis—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “sìobhalta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin cīvīlis →