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Where does “sliochd” come from?

sliochd (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish slicht, from Proto-Celtic slixtus — track, section.

sliochd (Scottish Gaelic): seed, offspring, progeny, descendants, posterity;...

Definitions

  1. seed, offspring, progeny, descendants, posterity;...

Ancestry of “sliochd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishslichtmark; trace, track; trail
2Proto-Celticslixtustrack, section

Words derived from “sliochd”

  • sliochdmhor
  • sliochdmhorachd
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