Where does “seillean-cuthaige” come from?

seillean-cuthaige (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic seillean, from Middle Irish teillenn — swarm of bees.

seillean-cuthaige (Scottish Gaelic): cuckoo-bumblebee (family Apidae, genus Bombus, subgenus Bombus (Psithyrus))

Definitions

  1. cuckoo-bumblebee (family Apidae, genus Bombus, subgenus Bombus (Psithyrus))

Ancestry of “seillean-cuthaige”, step by step

seillean-cuthaige traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Scottish Gaelic seillean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicseilleanbee, heath or field-bee; teasing request or...
2Middle Irishteillennswarm of bees

via Scottish Gaelic cuthaige

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaeliccuthaige—
Every word from Middle Irish teillenn →Every word from Scottish Gaelic seillean →