Etymology Explorer β€Ί Irish

Where does β€œa” come from?

a (Irish) comes from Latin A, from Etruscan πŒ€, from Ancient Greek αΎ±Μ”, from Phoenician 𐀀, from Egyptian 𓃾.

a (Irish): him, her, it, them; used as a quasi-reflexive...

Definitions

  1. him, her, it, them; used as a quasi-reflexive...

Ancestry of β€œa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinAβ€”
2EtruscanπŒ€β€”
3Ancient GreekαΎ±Μ”β€”
4Phoenician𐀀ox; aleph; alef
5Egyptian𓃾—
Every word from Egyptian 𓃾 β†’