Where does “-uas” come from?
-uas (Irish) comes from Old Irish úas, from Dutch wassen, from Dutch was, from Middle Dutch was, from Middle Dutch wassen, from Old Dutch wassan, from Proto-West Germanic wahsan, from Proto-Germanic wahsijaną.
-uas (Irish): above, up combines with prefixes to form adverbs
Definitions
- above, up combines with prefixes to form adverbs
Ancestry of “-uas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Irish | úas | above, over |
| 2 | Dutch | wassen | to wash, to clean; to grow, to rise, to increase,... |
| 3 | Dutch | was | laundry, clothes that need to be washed, or just... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | was | first/third-person singular past indicative of... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | wassen | to grow, to wax; to increase |
| 6 | Old Dutch | wassan | to grow, to wax; to rise in level |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | wahsan | to grow |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | wahsijaną | to grow |
| 9 | Indo-European | *h₂weks- | — |