Where does “tùdair-stiallach” come from?

tùdair-stiallach (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic stiallach — striped, stripey, streaky.

tùdair-stiallach (Scottish Gaelic): skunk small, omnivorous mammal from North America of the family Mephitidae

Definitions

  1. skunk small, omnivorous mammal from North America of the family Mephitidae

Ancestry of “tùdair-stiallach”, step by step

tùdair-stiallach traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Scottish Gaelic stiallach

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicstiallachstriped, stripey, streaky

via Scottish Gaelic tùdair

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelictùdairstinker, farter
Every word from Scottish Gaelic stiallach