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Where does “frithdhallta” come from?

frithdhallta (Irish) comes from Irish dallta, from Irish -ta, from Irish -as, from Old Irish -as, from Proto-Celtic -assus, from Proto-Indo-European -ad-tus.

frithdhallta (Irish): anti-dazzle

Definitions

  1. anti-dazzle

Ancestry of “frithdhallta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishdallta—
2Irish-taadded to nouns to form adjectives; used to form...
3Irish-asNominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...
4Old Irish-asNominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...
5Proto-Celtic-assus—
6Proto-Indo-European-ad-tus—
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