Where does “gásghineadóir” come from?
gásghineadóir (Irish) comes from Irish gás, from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂.
gásghineadóir (Irish): gas-generator, producer; gasogene
Definitions
- gas-generator, producer; gasogene
Ancestry of “gásghineadóir”, step by step
gásghineadóir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish gás
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | gás | gas; paraffin oil |
| 2 | Dutch | gas | gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | gasse | unpaved street |
| 4 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 5 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |
via Irish gineadóir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | gineadóir | begetter; sower; generator |
| 2 | Irish | -adóir | Suffix appended to words to create an agent noun,... |
| 3 | Old Irish | -atóir | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |