Where does “looby” come from?
looby (English) comes from Irish Ó Lúbaigh, from Irish lúbach, from Irish -ach, from Middle Irish -ach, from Old Irish -ach, from Proto-Celtic -ākos, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂ḱos, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...
looby (English): an awkward or clumsy person
Definitions
- an awkward or clumsy person
Ancestry of “looby”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Irish | Ó Lúbaigh | — |
| 2 | Irish | lúbach | landing net; looped, coiled; twisting, winding,... |
| 3 | Irish | -ach | Forms nouns from other nouns and adjectives with... |
| 4 | Middle Irish | -ach | Forms adjectives meaning "related to, having,... |
| 5 | Old Irish | -ach | Forms adjectives meaning "related to, having,... |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | -ākos | Forms adjectives from nouns and adjectives with... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂ḱos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
Words derived from “looby”