Where does “nua-aoiseacht” come from?
nua-aoiseacht (Irish) comes from Irish nua-aois, from Irish nua-, from Irish nua, from Middle Irish núa, from Old Irish nuae, from Proto-Celtic *nowiyos, from Proto-Indo-European néwyos, from Proto-Indo-European néwos — new; to nod, assent to.
nua-aoiseacht (Irish): modernity
Ancestry of “nua-aoiseacht”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Irish | nua-aois | the modern period, modern times, modernity |
| 2 | Irish | nua- | neo-, new, modern |
| 3 | Irish | nua | new; fresh, recent, novel; newness; new thing |
| 4 | Middle Irish | núa | — |
| 5 | Old Irish | nuae | — |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | *nowiyos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | néwyos | Alternative form of *néwos; new |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |