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Where does “coisceas” come from?

coisceas (Irish) comes from Irish cosc, from Old Irish cosc, from Proto-Celtic *komskʷom, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.

coisceas (Irish): impedance

Definitions

  1. impedance

Ancestry of “coisceas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishcoscverbal noun of coisc; check, restraint;...
2Old Irishcoscverbal noun of con·secha; wound caused by ...
3Proto-Celtic*komskʷom—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say
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