tuath

tuath
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people, tenantry, so Irish, Old Irish túath, populus, Welsh tud, country, nation, Cornish tus, Breton tud, Gaulish Tout-, Teuto-: *toutâ, people; Latin Umbr. toto, state, Oscan túvtú, populus, Latin tôtus, all; Gothic þ;iuda, people, Teutonic, Deutsch, German, Dutch; Lettic táuta, people, Old Prussian tauto, land.
II
north, Irish tuath, tuaith, Old Irish túath, left, north: *toutâ, *touto-s (adj.), left hand, left, "good", Gothic þ;iuþ;, good; cf. Greek $$Geu$$'w/numos, left hand, "good-omened". Rhys (Manx Pray. $$+2, 62) suggests that the root is su, turn (see iompaidh): *do-hu$$-th (*to-su-), "turning to"; Welsh aswy or aseu, left hand, being also hence - *ad-sou-i-.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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