Where does “umpasan” come from?
umpasan (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Irish umpusan, from Irish umpu, from Irish um, from Old Irish imb, from Old Irish sín, from Proto-Celtic sindos, from Proto-Indo-European sḗm, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
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Ancestry of “umpasan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Irish | umpusan | third-person plural emphatic of um |
| 2 | Irish | umpu | third-person plural of um |
| 3 | Irish | um | about; at |
| 4 | Old Irish | imb | butter; around |
| 5 | Old Irish | sín | — |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | sindos | this |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗm | one |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |