taoide

Etymology
Apparently from or at least influenced by, though the vowel is unexpected. The word is attested from the 17th century if not earlier, when it would have been pronounced ; an Irish form with  would be expected in a straightforward borrowing from Middle English (and does occur in 🇨🇬). The relationship between this form and the forms and  is also unclear. None of the forms has an entry in the ; the Historical Irish Corpus shows being attested from the early 17th century but  not until the early 19th century, and  is not found in the corpus at all.

Noun

 * 1) tide