Where does “cluas-scrúdú” come from?
cluas-scrúdú (Irish) comes from Irish scrúdú, from Irish scrúdaigh, from Middle Irish *scrútaigid, from Old Irish scrútaid, from Latin scrūtor, from Latin scruta, from Proto-Indo-European (s)krew-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- — to cut, cut off, sever.
cluas-scrúdú (Irish): aural examination
Ancestry of “cluas-scrúdú”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Irish | scrúdú | verbal noun of scrúdaigh; examination, test |
| 2 | Irish | scrúdaigh | to examine |
| 3 | Middle Irish | *scrútaigid | — |
| 4 | Old Irish | scrútaid | to examine, to investigate |
| 5 | Latin | scrūtor | — |
| 6 | Latin | scruta | rubbish, broken trash |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)krew- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |