Where does “bréagchiúbach” come from?
bréagchiúbach (Irish) comes from Irish ciúbach, from Irish ciúb, from English cube, from English cubicle, from Latin cubiculum, from Latin cubāre, from Latin cubō, from Proto-Italic kubāō — cattle.
bréagchiúbach (Irish): pseudocubic
Ancestry of “bréagchiúbach”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Irish | ciúbach | cubic |
| 2 | Irish | ciúb | cube |
| 3 | English | cube | A regular polyhedron having six identical square... |
| 4 | English | cubicle | A small separate part or one of the compartments... |
| 5 | Latin | cubiculum | A small bedroom; bedchamber |
| 6 | Latin | cubāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | cubō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kubāō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱewb- | briar, thorn |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱew- | skin, colour of the skin; to shine; bright; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷṓws | cattle |