Where does “fuaimeolaíocht” come from?
fuaimeolaíocht (Irish) comes from Irish eolaíocht, from Irish -acht, from Old Irish -acht, from Proto-Celtic -axtā, from Proto-Celtic axtā.
fuaimeolaíocht (Irish): acoustics
Ancestry of “fuaimeolaíocht”, step by step
fuaimeolaíocht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish eolaíocht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Irish | eolaíocht | science; -logy |
| 2 | Irish | -acht | Nominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or... |
| 3 | Old Irish | -acht | -ness, -hood; forms abstract nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | -axtā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | axtā | — |
via Irish fuaim
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Irish | fuaim | sound; noise; clamour |
| 2 | Middle Irish | fúaimm | — |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | woxsman | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |