Where does “meititheanga” come from?

meititheanga (Irish) comes from Irish teanga, from Old Irish tengae, from Proto-Celtic tangʷāt-, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

meititheanga (Irish): metalanguage

Definitions

  1. metalanguage

Ancestry of “meititheanga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishteangatongue; language
2Old Irishtengaetongue; language
3Proto-Celtictangʷāt-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s →Every word from Proto-Celtic tangʷāt- →Every word from Old Irish tengae →