Where does “crann-chróineolaíocht” come from?

crann-chróineolaíocht (Irish) comes from Irish cróineolaíocht, from Irish eolaíocht, from Irish -acht, from Old Irish -acht, from Proto-Celtic -axtā, from Proto-Celtic axtā.

crann-chróineolaíocht (Irish): dendrochronology

Definitions

  1. dendrochronology

Ancestry of “crann-chróineolaíocht”, step by step

crann-chróineolaíocht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish cróineolaíocht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishcróineolaíochtchronology
2Irisheolaíochtscience; -logy
3Irish-achtNominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...
4Old Irish-acht-ness, -hood; forms abstract nouns
5Proto-Celtic-axtā—
6Proto-Celticaxtā—

via Irish crann

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishcranntree; pole, stake; beam
2Old Irishcranntree
3Proto-Celtickʷresnomtree; wood
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷres-bush, thicket
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