Where does “dea-ghníomhaíocht” come from?
dea-ghníomhaíocht (Irish) comes from Irish gníomhaíocht, from Irish gníomhaigh, from Irish gníomh, from Old Irish gním, from Proto-Celtic gnīmus, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
dea-ghníomhaíocht (Irish): beneficence
Ancestry of “dea-ghníomhaíocht”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Irish | gníomhaíocht | action, activity, undertaking, performance;... |
| 2 | Irish | gníomhaigh | act; Alternative form of gníomhachtaigh;... |
| 3 | Irish | gníomh | doing, performing; working, exercising; work,... |
| 4 | Old Irish | gním | verbal noun of gníid: doing, making; act, action,... |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | gnīmus | doing |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |