Where does “cruachás” come from?

cruachás (Irish) comes from Irish crua, from Middle Irish crúaide, from Old Irish -e, from Old Irish lán, from Proto-Celtic ɸlānos, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

cruachás (Irish): predicament, miserable condition

Definitions

  1. predicament, miserable condition

Ancestry of “cruachás”, step by step

cruachás traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish crua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishcruahard, firm; difficult; severe
2Middle Irishcrúaide—
3Old Irish-eForms concrete or abstract nouns from adjectives
4Old Irishlánfull
5Proto-Celticɸlānosfull
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via Irish cás

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishcáscase; affair; cage
2Middle Englishcascase
3Old Frenchcasan event
4Latincāsus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós →Every word from Old Irish -e →