túaid

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • thúaid
  • túaith

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *towto- (north, left)[1]

Adverb

túaid

  1. north, in the north

Descendants

  • Irish: thuaidh
  • Manx: twoaie
  • Scottish Gaelic: tuath

References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959), 1079-1080”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1079-1080
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