Where does “eochairdheacracht” come from?

eochairdheacracht (Irish) comes from Irish eochair, from Scottish Gaelic iuchair, from Proto-Celtic *ikūr, from Proto-Indo-European yókʷr̥, from Proto-Indo-European -r̥ — Derives nouns from roots, frequently mass nouns.

eochairdheacracht (Irish): key difficulty

Definitions

  1. key difficulty

Ancestry of “eochairdheacracht”, step by step

eochairdheacracht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish eochair

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irisheochairkey; key; clef
2Scottish Gaeliciuchairkey; clef
3Proto-Celtic*ikūr—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyókʷr̥liver
5Proto-Indo-European-r̥Derives nouns from roots, frequently mass nouns

via Irish deacracht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishdeacrachtdifficulty; distress, discomfort
2Irish-achtNominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...
3Old Irish-acht-ness, -hood; forms abstract nouns
4Proto-Celtic-axtā—
5Proto-Celticaxtā—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -r̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yókʷr̥ →Every word from Proto-Celtic *ikūr →