Where does “saighead” come from?

saighead (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish saiget, from Latin Sagitta, from Latin sagitta — arrow, bolt; lancet; arrowhead, a plant of the...

saighead (Scottish Gaelic): arrow

Definitions

  1. arrow

Ancestry of “saighead”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishsaigetarrow, dart, javelin
2LatinSagittathe Arrow, Sagitta
3Latinsagittaarrow, bolt; lancet; arrowhead, a plant of the...
Every word from Latin sagitta →Every word from Latin Sagitta →Every word from Old Irish saiget →