Where does “taic” come from?

taic (Scottish Gaelic) comes from English tai, from Japanese 鯛, from Old Japanese たい.

taic (Scottish Gaelic): prop, support; support, backing

Definitions

  1. prop, support; support, backing

Ancestry of “taic”, step by step

taic traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English tai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtaiA fish, the Japanese bream
2Japanese鯛sea bream (fish of the family Sparidae); porgy
3Old Japaneseたい—

via Middle Irish (t)aic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irish(t)aic—
2Proto-Celticakki—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ḱ-to join, to attach; agreement, settlement

via English ic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishicrelated or pertaining to; having the character of

Words derived from “taic”

Every word from Old Japanese たい →Every word from Japanese 鯛 →Every word from English tai →