Where does “troimhpe” come from?

troimhpe (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic tro, from Old Irish tremi, from Old Irish tre, from Proto-Celtic trimo-, from Proto-Celtic *trei, from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- — to cross over, pass through, overcome.

troimhpe (Scottish Gaelic): through her; through it

Definitions

  1. through her; through it

Ancestry of “troimhpe”, step by step

troimhpe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Scottish Gaelic tro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelictrothrough
2Old Irishtremi—
3Old Irishtrethrough
4Proto-Celtictrimo-—
5Proto-Celtic*treithrough
6Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₂-to cross over, pass through, overcome

via Scottish Gaelic i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicishe; her; it
2Old Irishsíshe; it; Alternative spelling of síi
3Proto-Celticsīshe
4Proto-Indo-Europeansih₂she
5Proto-Indo-European-ih₂Feminizes athematic nominal stems
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “troimhpe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- →Every word from Proto-Celtic *trei →Every word from Proto-Celtic trimo- →