Where does “smaragaid” come from?

smaragaid (Irish) comes from Old Irish smaragad, from Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος, from Proto-Semitic bariq- — lightning.

smaragaid (Irish): emerald

Definitions

  1. emerald

Ancestry of “smaragaid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishsmaragad
2Latinsmaragdusemerald
3Ancient Greekσμάραγδοςemerald
4Proto-Semiticbariq-lightning
Every word from Proto-Semitic bariq-