Where does “iirintää” come from?
iirintää (Finnish) comes from Finnish iiri, from Swedish iriska, from Old Irish Ériu, from Primitive Irish *Īweriū, from Proto-Celtic Φīweryū, from Proto-Indo-European piHweryon-, from Proto-Indo-European peyH- — fat, milk.
iirintää (Finnish): To translate into Irish
Ancestry of “iirintää”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | iiri | The Irish language |
| 2 | Swedish | iriska | Irish; language spoken on the island of Ireland |
| 3 | Old Irish | Ériu | Ireland |
| 4 | Primitive Irish | *Īweriū | — |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | Φīweryū | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | piHweryon- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peyH- | fat, milk |