Where does “eas” come from?

eas (Irish) comes from Middle Irish es, from Old Irish [[nes]]([[ness.

eas (Irish): waterfall, cascade, rapid; stoat, weasel

Definitions

  1. waterfall, cascade, rapid; stoat, weasel

Ancestry of “eas”, step by step

eas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Irish es

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishesstoat, weasel
2Old Irish[[nes]]([[ness—

via Old Irish [[es]]([[ess

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irish[[es]]([[ess—

Words derived from “eas”

Every word from Old Irish [[nes]]([[ness →Every word from Middle Irish es →