Where does “asaibhse” come from?
asaibhse (Irish) comes from Irish asaibh, from Irish as, from Old Irish a, from Proto-Celtic *ā, from Proto-Indo-European ō — oh, ah.
asaibhse (Irish): second-person plural emphatic of as
Definitions
- second-person plural emphatic of as
Ancestry of “asaibhse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Irish | asaibh | second-person plural of as |
| 2 | Irish | as | out of; from; off |
| 3 | Old Irish | a | nominative/accusative singular neuter of in; that... |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | *ā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ō | oh, ah |