Where does “O'Dea” come from?
O'Dea (English) comes from Irish Ó Deághaidh, from Irish Deághadh, from Scottish Gaelic deagh, from Old Irish deg-, from Old Irish dí, from Proto-Celtic dī, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
Ancestry of “O'Dea”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Irish | Ó Deághaidh | — |
| 2 | Irish | Deághadh | — |
| 3 | Scottish Gaelic | deagh | good, excellent, worthy |
| 4 | Old Irish | deg- | — |
| 5 | Old Irish | dí | third-person singular feminine of di: from her;... |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | dī | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |