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Where does “scagachán” come from?

scagachán (Irish) comes from Irish scagach, from Irish ách, from Old Irish acht, from Proto-Celtic extos, from Proto-Indo-European eǵʰs — out; from, out of.

scagachán (Irish): filtration; filter, screen; filterer, sifter

Definitions

  1. filtration; filter, screen; filterer, sifter

Ancestry of “scagachán”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishscagachpermeable, porous; thin, flimsy; sparse
2IrisháchAlternative form of ach
3Old Irishachtbut; provided; inflection of aigid: ##...
4Proto-Celticextosexcept, but
5Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵʰsout; from, out of
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