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Where does “aolchoinneal” come from?

aolchoinneal (Irish) comes from Irish coinneal, from Old Irish caindel, from Latin candēla, from Latin candeō, from Proto-Italic kandēō, from Proto-Indo-European kand- — to shine, glow.

aolchoinneal (Irish): stalagmite

Definitions

  1. stalagmite

Ancestry of “aolchoinneal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishcoinnealcandle; torch; light, glint
2Old Irishcaindelcandle, light; paragon, hero
3Latincandēla—
4Latincandeō—
5Proto-Italickandēō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankand-to shine, glow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kand- →