Where does “slighe” come from?

slighe (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Middle Irish slige, from Old Irish slige, from Old Irish sligid, from Celtic *sligeti, from Proto-Indo-European sleyǵ- — to glide, smooth, spread; to smear; to creep; to...

slighe (Scottish Gaelic): path, trail, track, route, way, journey, road

Definitions

  1. path, trail, track, route, way, journey, road

Ancestry of “slighe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishsligeroad, way, passage
2Old Irishsligecomb
3Old Irishsligidto strike down, fell
4Celtic*sligeti—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansleyǵ-to glide, smooth, spread; to smear; to creep; to...

Words derived from “slighe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sleyǵ- →Every word from Celtic *sligeti →Every word from Old Irish sligid →
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