Where does “iarnua-aoiseachas” come from?

iarnua-aoiseachas (Irish) comes from Irish iarnua-aoiseach, from Irish nua-aoiseach, from Irish nua-aois, from Irish nua-, from Irish nua, from Middle Irish núa, from Old Irish nuae, from Proto-Celtic *nowiyos — new; to nod, assent to.

iarnua-aoiseachas (Irish): postmodernism

Definitions

  1. postmodernism

Ancestry of “iarnua-aoiseachas”, step by step

iarnua-aoiseachas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish iarnua-aoiseach

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishiarnua-aoiseachpostmodern; postmodernist
2Irishnua-aoiseachmodern
3Irishnua-aoisthe modern period, modern times, modernity
4Irishnua-neo-, new, modern
5Irishnuanew; fresh, recent, novel; newness; new thing
6Middle Irishnúanew
7Old Irishnuaenew
8Proto-Celtic*nowiyosnew
9Proto-Indo-EuropeannéwyosAlternative form of *néwos; new
10Proto-Indo-Europeannéwosnew
11Proto-Indo-Europeannew-new; to nod, assent to

via Irish ás

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishásace; jot
2Old Irishásgrowing, growth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European new- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European néwos →Every word from Proto-Indo-European néwyos →