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Where does “daltas” come from?

daltas (Irish) comes from Old Irish daltus, from Old Irish -as, from Proto-Celtic -assus, from Proto-Indo-European -ad-tus.

daltas (Irish): cadetship; Synonym of daltachas

Definitions

  1. cadetship; Synonym of daltachas

Ancestry of “daltas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishdaltusfosterage, pupilage
2Old Irish-asNominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...
3Proto-Celtic-assus—
4Proto-Indo-European-ad-tus—
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