Where does “lúthchleas” come from?
lúthchleas (Irish) comes from Irish cleas, from English class, from French classe, from Italian classe, from Spanish clase, from Portuguese classe, from German klasse, from Russian класс — to call, cry, summon.
lúthchleas (Irish): athletics
Definitions
- athletics
Ancestry of “lúthchleas”, step by step
lúthchleas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish cleas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | cleas | trick; feat; knack |
| 2 | English | class | A group, collection, category or set sharing... |
| 3 | French | classe | class, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"... |
| 4 | Italian | classe | class; classroom; style |
| 5 | Spanish | clase | lecture; class; kind, sort, type |
| 6 | Portuguese | classe | class, kind; class; elegance; class |
| 7 | German | klasse | great, awesome |
| 8 | Russian | класс | class |
| 9 | Latin | classis | any one of the five divisions into which Servius... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | klāssis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kelh₁- | to call, cry, summon |