Where does “cleithire” come from?
cleithire (Irish) comes from Irish cleith, from Old Irish cleth, from Swedish klita, from Middle Low German krite, from Latin Crēta, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
cleithire (Irish): a big, stout, strong person, animal or object generally followed by the genitive of a word defining who or what is being described
Definitions
- a big, stout, strong person, animal or object generally followed by the genitive of a word defining who or what is being described
Ancestry of “cleithire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | cleith | pole |
| 2 | Old Irish | cleth | housepost |
| 3 | Swedish | klita | chalk |
| 4 | Middle Low German | krite | — |
| 5 | Latin | Crēta | chalk |
| 6 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 7 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 8 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 9 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |