Where does “bithéagsúlacht” come from?
bithéagsúlacht (Irish) comes from Irish éagsúlacht, from Irish éagsúil, from Old Irish écsamail, from Old Irish cosmail, from Old Irish com-, from Proto-Celtic kom-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
bithéagsúlacht (Irish): biodiversity
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Ancestry of “bithéagsúlacht”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | éagsúlacht | unlikeness, dissimilarity; variation, diversity;... |
| 2 | Irish | éagsúil | unlike, dissimilar; different, various, diverse;... |
| 3 | Old Irish | écsamail | different, dissimilar, distinct; strange,... |
| 4 | Old Irish | cosmail | like, alike, similar |
| 5 | Old Irish | com- | with, con-, co-; augment used instead of ro- in... |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | kom- | with, together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |