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Where does “ceó” come from?

ceó (Irish) comes from Portuguese céo, from Proto-Celtic *kiwos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱih₃-wó-s, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.

ceó (Irish): Superseded spelling of ceo

Definitions

  1. Superseded spelling of ceo

Ancestry of “ceó”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortuguesecéoSuperseded spelling of céu
2Proto-Celtic*kiwos—
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱih₃-wó-s—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow
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