Where does “ceannlitir” come from?
ceannlitir (Irish) comes from Irish ceann, from Middle Irish cenn, from Old Irish cenn, from Proto-Celtic Kʷennowindos, from Proto-Celtic windos, from Proto-Indo-European windo-, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
ceannlitir (Irish): capital letter
Definitions
- capital letter
Ancestry of “ceannlitir”, step by step
ceannlitir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish ceann
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | ceann | head; head of cabbage, capitulum; end, extremity |
| 2 | Middle Irish | cenn | head; end |
| 3 | Old Irish | cenn | head; end |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | Kʷennowindos | white-headed, white-faced |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | windos | white |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | windo- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
via Irish litir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | litir | letter |
| 2 | Old Irish | liter | letter of the alphabet; act of writing, written... |
| 3 | Latin | littera | a letter of the alphabet; handwriting; letter,... |
| 4 | Latin | lītera | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | leitera | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |