Where does “ardcheannas” come from?
ardcheannas (Irish) comes from Irish ardcheann, from Irish ceann, from Middle Irish cenn, from Old Irish cenn, from Proto-Celtic Kʷennowindos, from Proto-Celtic windos, from Proto-Indo-European windo-, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
ardcheannas (Irish): supremacy, overlordship, sovereignty; high...
Definitions
- supremacy, overlordship, sovereignty; high...
Ancestry of “ardcheannas”, step by step
ardcheannas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish ardcheann
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | ardcheann | superior; arch-leader; flighty, frivolous, person |
| 2 | Irish | ceann | head; head of cabbage, capitulum; end, extremity |
| 3 | Middle Irish | cenn | head; end |
| 4 | Old Irish | cenn | head; end |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | Kʷennowindos | white-headed, white-faced |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | windos | white |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | windo- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |