taic

See also: Taic and taić

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

taic f (genitive taice, plural taicean)

1. prop, support
2. support, backing

Derived terms

• crios-taice
• taiceil

References

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