Where does “taigh-ghlainne” come from?
taigh-ghlainne (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic glainne, from Irish glaine, from Old Irish glan, from Old Irish -e, from Old Irish lán, from Proto-Celtic ɸlānos, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
taigh-ghlainne (Scottish Gaelic): greenhouse
Ancestry of “taigh-ghlainne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Scottish Gaelic | glainne | glass; glasses, spectacles |
| 2 | Irish | glaine | inflection of glan:
## genitive feminine... |
| 3 | Old Irish | glan | clean; pure; clear |
| 4 | Old Irish | -e | Forms concrete or abstract nouns from adjectives |
| 5 | Old Irish | lán | full |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | ɸlānos | full |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |