Where does “uamsa” come from?
uamsa (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Irish uaimse, from Irish uaim, from Old Irish húaim.
uamsa (Scottish Gaelic): from me
Ancestry of “uamsa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Irish | uaimse | first-person singular emphatic of ó |
| 2 | Irish | uaim | first-person singular of ó |
| 3 | Old Irish | húaim | — |