Where does “ceithearnach” come from?
ceithearnach (Irish) comes from Middle Irish ceithernach, from Middle Irish ceithern, from Old Irish ceithern, from Latin quaterniō, from Latin quaternī, from Latin quaternus, from Latin quater, from Latin quattŭor — and.
ceithearnach (Irish): kern; pawn
Definitions
- kern; pawn
Ancestry of “ceithearnach”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Irish | ceithernach | member or leader of a "ceithern" |
| 2 | Middle Irish | ceithern | A band or troop of soldiers or fighting men, kern |
| 3 | Old Irish | ceithern | band of soldiers |
| 4 | Latin | quaterniō | The number four (e.g. on a dice) |
| 5 | Latin | quaternī | — |
| 6 | Latin | quaternus | four each; four at a time |
| 7 | Latin | quater | four times |
| 8 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 9 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 10 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 11 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |