Welsh and Scottish Gaelic are more similar than they may seem at first, but took very different routes. The closest languages to Scottish Gaelic are Irish and M

Welsh and Scottish Gaelic are more similar than they may seem at first, but took very different routes. The closest languages to Scottish Gaelic are Irish and Manx, however, as all are descendents of Middle Irish, and shared a common literary language up until the 18th century in the form of Classical Irish/Gaelic. You likely know this already, but the rest of HN might not be aware of this. "Jiggit" is most likely from a similar origin to "dau ddeg" in Modern Welsh", though with some influence from Old Irish "fichet", which has a common etymology with Welsh "ugain".