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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

  1. second-person plural emphatic of as

Ancestry of “asaibhse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishasaibhsecond-person plural of as
2Irishasout of; from; off
3Old Irishanominative/accusative singular neuter of in; that...
4Proto-Celtic*ā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanōoh, ah
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