Where does “romhatsa” come from?
romhatsa (Irish) comes from Irish romhat, from Irish roimh, from Old Irish ré, from Proto-Celtic ɸrīs, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
romhatsa (Irish): second-person singular emphatic of roimh
Definitions
- second-person singular emphatic of roimh
Ancestry of “romhatsa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Irish | romhat | second-person singular of roimh |
| 2 | Irish | roimh | before |
| 3 | Old Irish | ré | before |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | ɸrīs | before |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |