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Where does “toirt suas” come from?

toirt suas (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic toirt, from Old Irish tabairt, from Old Irish to-, from Old Irish aith-, from Proto-Celtic ati-, from Proto-Indo-European éti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁é, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe.

toirt suas (Scottish Gaelic): resignation

Definitions

  1. resignation

Ancestry of “toirt suas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelictoirtverbal noun of thoir; importance, value
2Old Irishtabairtverbal noun of do·beir; gift; wage
3Old Irishto-prefix used to create verbs and associated verbal...
4Old Irishaith-re-; second, a further; ex-
5Proto-Celticati-re-, again, second, further
6Proto-Indo-Europeanétibeyond; over
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éand, then
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰe—
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