Where does “cnáimhseachas” come from?

cnáimhseachas (Irish) comes from Irish -as, from Old Irish -as, from Proto-Celtic -assus, from Proto-Indo-European -ad-tus.

cnáimhseachas (Irish): obstetrics; midwifery

Definitions

  1. obstetrics; midwifery

Ancestry of “cnáimhseachas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irish-asNominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...
2Old Irish-asNominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...
3Proto-Celtic-assus—
4Proto-Indo-European-ad-tus—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ad-tus →Every word from Irish -as →Every word from Old Irish -as →