Where does “déanta” come from?
déanta (Irish) comes from Irish déan, from English Dean, from Middle English den, from Old French deien, from Latin decānus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
déanta (Irish): past participle of déan; complete, finished;...
Definitions
- past participle of déan; complete, finished;...
Ancestry of “déanta”, step by step
déanta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish déan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | déan | do; make; first-person singular future dependent... |
| 2 | English | Dean | A title afforded to a dean |
| 3 | Middle English | den | A cave or cavern |
| 4 | Old French | deien | — |
| 5 | Latin | decānus | chief of ten people (in various contexts) |
| 6 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 7 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |
via Irish déanamh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | déanamh | verbal noun of déan; doing, making; make |
| 2 | Old Irish | dénum | verbal noun of do·gní; doing, performing,... |
| 3 | Old Irish | gním | verbal noun of gníid: doing, making; act, action,... |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | gnīmus | doing |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |