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Where does “easpach” come from?

easpach (Irish) comes from Irish easpa, from Middle Irish esbaid, from Old Irish esbaid, from Old Irish ess-, from Old Irish léicid, from Proto-Celtic linkʷīti, from Proto-Indo-European linékʷti, from Proto-Indo-European leykʷ- — to leave.

easpach (Irish): lacking, wanting; missing, lost; deficient,...

Definitions

  1. lacking, wanting; missing, lost; deficient,...

Ancestry of “easpach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irisheaspalack, want, absence; deficiency, defect; abscess
2Middle Irishesbaid—
3Old Irishesbaid—
4Old Irishess-ex-, out; privative prefix: non-, -less
5Old Irishléicidto leave, abandon, release, let go; to let,...
6Proto-Celticlinkʷītito leave, to leave behind
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlinékʷtito be leaving
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleykʷ-to leave
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