Where does “nach” come from?

nach (Irish) comes from Old Irish nách, from Proto-Celtic nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

nach (Irish): that...not; not; isn’t...?/whether/if it is..

Definitions

  1. that...not; not; isn’t...?/whether/if it is..

Ancestry of “nach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishnáchthird-person singular present indicative negative...
2Proto-Celticnekʷenot
3Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

Words derived from “nach”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →