Where does “luasteorainn” come from?

luasteorainn (Irish) comes from Irish luas, from Old Irish lúas — swiftness, speed.

luasteorainn (Irish): speed limit

Definitions

  1. speed limit

Ancestry of “luasteorainn”, step by step

luasteorainn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish luas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishluasspeed, velocity; earliness
2Old Irishlúasswiftness, speed

via Irish teorainn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishteorainnlimit; boundary; border, frontier
2Old Irishteóraact of marking out, delimiting; share, division;...
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