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Where does “tuig” come from?

tuig (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Middle Irish tuicid, from Old Irish ·tucci, from Proto-Celtic *unketi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁unékti.

tuig (Scottish Gaelic): understand, comprehend, realize

Definitions

  1. understand, comprehend, realize

Ancestry of “tuig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishtuicid—
2Old Irish·tucci—
3Proto-Celtic*unketi—
4Proto-Indo-European*h₁unékti—

Words derived from “tuig”

  • tuigse
  • mì-thuig
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₁unékti →