Where does “lúbánach” come from?
lúbánach (Irish) comes from Irish lúbán, from Irish lúb, from Old Irish lúb, from Old Norse hlaup, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European klaup-.
lúbánach (Irish): looped, coiled; rangy; stooped
Definitions
- looped, coiled; rangy; stooped
Ancestry of “lúbánach”, step by step
lúbánach traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish lúbán
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | lúbán | loop; coil, ball; twisted, crumpled object |
| 2 | Irish | lúb | loop, link; coil, turn; twist, bend; fold,... |
| 3 | Old Irish | lúb | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | hlaup | leap, jump; a run", "literally," "a leap |
| 5 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |