taic

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See also: Taic and taić

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish (t)aic, from Proto-Celtic *akki, *pakki, *pak, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (to attach, join), see also Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.

Noun

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taic f (genitive taice, plural taicean)

  1. prop, support
  2. support, backing

Derived terms

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References

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  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “taic”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 355