Where does “á” come from?

á (Irish) comes from Latin A, from Etruscan 𐌀, from Ancient Greek ᾱ̔, from Phoenician 𐤀, from Egyptian 𓃾.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “á”, step by step

á traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin A

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinA—
2Etruscan𐌀and, also
3Ancient Greekᾱ̔—
4Phoenician𐤀ox; aleph; alef
5Egyptian𓃾—

via Irish dá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishdáif
2Old Irishdíaday; god
3Proto-Italicdeiwosgod, deity
4Proto-Indo-Europeandeywósgod
5Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven
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