Where does “uamsa” come from?

uamsa (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Irish uaimse, from Irish uaim, from Old Irish húaim.

uamsa (Scottish Gaelic): from me

Definitions

  1. from me

Ancestry of “uamsa”, step by step

uamsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish uaimse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishuaimsefirst-person singular emphatic of ó
2Irishuaimfirst-person singular of ó
3Old Irishhúaim—

via Irish uam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishuam—
Every word from Old Irish húaim →Every word from Irish uaim →Every word from Irish uaimse →