Where does “easpacht” come from?

easpacht (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.

easpacht (Irish): deficiency

Definitions

  1. deficiency

Ancestry of “easpacht”, step by step

easpacht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish easpa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irisheaspalack, want, absence; deficiency, defect; abscess
2Middle Irishesbaid—
3Old Irishesbaidlack, deficiency
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

via Irish acht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishachtdecree, enactment; compact; condition
2Middle Irishacht—
3Latināctusmade, done, having been done
4Latinagōto act, to behave
5Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leykʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European linékʷti →Every word from Old Irish ess- →