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Where does “ceartán” come from?

ceartán (Irish) comes from Old Irish certán, from Old Irish cert, from Latin certus, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.

ceartán (Irish): tick

Definitions

  1. tick

Ancestry of “ceartán”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcertán—
2Old Irishcertcorrect, right, proper, fitting; fair, just;...
3Latincertuscertain; fixed, settled, firm; resolved,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide
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