Where does “onamaiseolaíocht” come from?
onamaiseolaíocht (Irish) comes from Irish eolaíocht, from Irish -acht, from Old Irish -acht, from Proto-Celtic -axtā, from Proto-Celtic axtā.
onamaiseolaíocht (Irish): onomasiology
Ancestry of “onamaiseolaíocht”, step by step
onamaiseolaíocht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish eolaíocht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Irish | eolaíocht | science; -logy |
| 2 | Irish | -acht | Nominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or... |
| 3 | Old Irish | -acht | -ness, -hood; forms abstract nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | -axtā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | axtā | — |
via Ancient Greek ὀνομάζω
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | ὀνομάζω | I speak of by name, address by name; I call one... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ὄνομα | name; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |