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Where does “tugh” come from?

tugh (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish tugae, from Proto-Celtic *togyā, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

tugh (Scottish Gaelic): thatch, cover; back

Definitions

  1. thatch, cover; back

Ancestry of “tugh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishtugaeverbal noun of tuigithir: covering, cover;...
2Proto-Celtic*togyā—
3Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam
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