Where does “seillean-dìomhain” come from?

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

seillean-dìomhain (Scottish Gaelic): drone or idle bee

Definitions

  1. drone or idle bee

Ancestry of “seillean-dìomhain”, step by step

seillean-dìomhain 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 dìomhain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicdìomhainfutile, unavailing, useless; idle, lazy, slack;...
2Old Irishdímáin—
Every word from Middle Irish teillenn →Every word from Scottish Gaelic seillean →