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Where does “gníomhas” come from?

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

gníomhas (Irish): deed

Definitions

  1. deed

Ancestry of “gníomhas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irish-asNominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...
2Old Irish-asNominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...
3Proto-Celtic-assus—
4Proto-Indo-European-ad-tus—
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