Where does “dífhostaithe” come from?

dífhostaithe (Irish) comes from Irish fostaithe, from Irish fostaí, from Irish fostaigh, from Middle Irish fastaid, from Old Irish ·asstai, from Old Irish ad·suidi — stop, detain; stops, holds back, detains,...

dífhostaithe (Irish): unemployed

Definitions

  1. unemployed

Ancestry of “dífhostaithe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishfostaithepast participle of fostaigh; employed; plural of...
2Irishfostaíemployee
3Irishfostaighcatch, hold fast, grip; engage, retain in...
4Middle Irishfastaid—
5Old Irish·asstai—
6Old Irishad·suidistop, detain; stops, holds back, detains,...
Every word from Old Irish ad·suidi →Every word from Old Irish ·asstai →Every word from Middle Irish fastaid →