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Where does “oschéadfaíoch” come from?

oschéadfaíoch (Irish) comes from Irish os-, from Irish ós, from Old Irish úas, from Dutch wassen, from Dutch was, from Middle Dutch was, from Middle Dutch wassen, from Old Dutch wassan.

oschéadfaíoch (Irish): suprasensible

Definitions

  1. suprasensible

Ancestry of “oschéadfaíoch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishos-over-, above; super-, supra-
2Irishóssince... is; Alternative form of ó; mouth
3Old Irishúasabove, over
4Dutchwassento wash, to clean; to grow, to rise, to increase,...
5Dutchwaslaundry, clothes that need to be washed, or just...
6Middle Dutchwasfirst/third-person singular past indicative of...
7Middle Dutchwassento grow, to wax; to increase
8Old Dutchwassanto grow, to wax; to rise in level
9Proto-West Germanicwahsanto grow
10Proto-Germanicwahsijanąto grow
11Indo-European*h₂weks-—
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