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Words for to wash<\/strong> in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n*nigyeti<\/strong> = to wash<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\nnigid<\/strong> = to wash<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\nnigh<\/strong> [n\u02b2\u026a\u025f \/ n\u0320\u02b2i\u02d0] = to wash<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\nn\u00ec<\/strong> [\u0272i\u02d0] = to wash, cleanse, purify, bathe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\nniee<\/strong> = to wash, launder, bathe, pan, flush<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Etymology<\/strong>: from the Proto-Indo-European *neyg\u02b7-<\/em> (to wash) [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Sources<\/strong>: Wiktionary<\/a>, Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, teanglann.ie<\/a>, On-Line Manx Dictionary<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n*wolk-<\/strong> = wet, milk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\nfolcaid<\/strong> = washes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\nfolc(tha)<\/strong> = to bathe, wash, lave; pour down, shed; dip, immerse, submerge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\ngolchi<\/strong> [\u02c8\u0261\u0254l\u03c7\u026a\/ \u02c8\u0261\u0254l\u03c7i] = to wash, rinse; burnish; cleanse, purify; flow over or past; coat; beat, thump<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\ngolhi<\/strong> [‘g\u0254lhi] = to wash, bathe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\ngwalc’hi\u00f1<\/strong> = to wash<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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