Where does “nochtach” come from?

nochtach (Irish) comes from Irish nocht, from Old Irish nocht, from Proto-Celtic noxtos, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude.

nochtach (Irish): naked person

Definitions

  1. naked person

Ancestry of “nochtach”, step by step

nochtach traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish nocht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishnochtbare, naked; exposed; naked person
2Old Irishnochtnaked, bare, uncovered
3Proto-Celticnoxtosnaked
4Proto-Indo-Europeannogʷósbare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude

via Irish ách

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IrisháchAlternative form of ach
2Old Irishachtbut; provided; inflection of aigid: ##...
3Proto-Celticextosexcept, but
4Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵʰsout; from, out of

Words derived from “nochtach”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós →Every word from Proto-Celtic noxtos →Every word from Old Irish nocht →
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