- aiteamh
- a thaw; *aith-ta$$--m, Welsh toddi, melt; Latin tabes; Greek $$Gtc/kw, melt; English thaw. The Irish word is tionadh (Old Irish tinaid, evanescit), Manx tennue, the root of which is ten, Latin tener, English thin.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.