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Where does “sionnach” come from?

sionnach (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish sinnach — fox.

sionnach (Scottish Gaelic): fox, red fox; bellows, valve

Definitions

  1. fox, red fox; bellows, valve

Ancestry of “sionnach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishsinnachfox

Words derived from “sionnach”

  • sionnachair
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