Where does “ceantar” come from?
ceantar (Irish) comes from Old Irish cenntar, from Old Irish cen, from Proto-Celtic kina, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt, from Old High German kuti, from Proto-West Germanic kwidu — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
ceantar (Irish): district, area, neighbourhood, sector, locality,...
Definitions
- district, area, neighbourhood, sector, locality,...
Ancestry of “ceantar”, step by step
ceantar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Irish cenntar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Irish | cenntar | this world |
| 2 | Old Irish | cen | except; without |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | kina | on this side of |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 5 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 6 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 7 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English canter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | canter | A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop,... |
| 2 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 3 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |