Where does “díthiomnacht” come from?
díthiomnacht (Irish) comes from Irish tiomnacht, from Irish -acht, from Old Irish -acht, from Proto-Celtic -axtā, from Proto-Celtic axtā.
díthiomnacht (Irish): intestacy
Ancestry of “díthiomnacht”, step by step
díthiomnacht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish tiomnacht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Irish | tiomnacht | bequest; testacy |
| 2 | Irish | -acht | Nominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or... |
| 3 | Old Irish | -acht | -ness, -hood; forms abstract nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | -axtā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | axtā | — |
via Irish dí
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Irish | dí | genitive singular of deoch; de-, dis-; without |
| 2 | Old Irish | dí | third-person singular feminine of di: from her;... |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | dī | from |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |