Where does “Ó” come from?
Ó (Irish) comes from Irish ua, from Old Irish áue, from Primitive Irish ᚐᚃᚔ, from Proto-Celtic awyos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewh₂yos — grandfather.
Ó (Irish): Alternative form of ó used in surnames
Definitions
- Alternative form of ó used in surnames
Ancestry of “Ó”, step by step
Ó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish ua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | ua | Archaic form of ó |
| 2 | Old Irish | áue | grandson |
| 3 | Primitive Irish | ᚐᚃᚔ | descendant |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | awyos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewh₂yos | grandfather |
via Middle Irish ó
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Irish | ó | ear; some part of a cloak; some part of a shield,... |
| 2 | Old Irish | ó | from, of; by; since, after |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | *au | away from |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |