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Where does “anásta” come from?

anásta (Irish) comes from Irish -ta, from Irish -as, from Old Irish -as, from Proto-Celtic -assus, from Proto-Indo-European -ad-tus.

anásta (Irish): needy; clumsy, awkward

Definitions

  1. needy; clumsy, awkward

Ancestry of “anásta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irish-taadded to nouns to form adjectives; used to form...
2Irish-asNominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...
3Old Irish-asNominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...
4Proto-Celtic-assus—
5Proto-Indo-European-ad-tus—

Words derived from “anásta”

  • anástach
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