Where does “banéigeas” come from?

banéigeas (Irish) comes from Irish bán, from Old Irish bán, from Proto-Celtic bānos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-.

banéigeas (Irish): learned woman, woman poet, female sage

Definitions

  1. learned woman, woman poet, female sage

Ancestry of “banéigeas”, step by step

banéigeas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish bán

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishbánwhite; blank; fair-haired
2Old Irishbánwhite; pure
3Proto-Celticbānoswhite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-—

via Irish éigeas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishéigeaslearned man, sage; poet
2Old Irishéicesscholar, learned man, sage, poet; member of a...
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