comalta

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Contents

1 Old Irish
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Noun
  - 1.2.1 Derived terms
  - 1.2.2 Descendants

Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *komaltjos.

Noun[edit]

comalta m

foster brother
(occasionally) foster sister

Derived terms[edit]

comaltar (“co-fosterage, joint responsibility for fosterage”)
comaltas (“foster-brotherhood, intimate friendship; co-fosterage”)

Descendants[edit]

Irish: comhalta

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