Where does “snáithe” come from?

snáithe (Irish) comes from Old Irish snáithe, from Old Irish snáth, from Proto-Celtic *snātos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin (thread), to sew.

snáithe (Irish): (single) thread, strand

Definitions

  1. (single) thread, strand

Ancestry of “snáithe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishsnáithe(single) thread, strand
2Old Irishsnáththread
3Proto-Celtic*snātos—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew

Words derived from “snáithe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →Every word from Proto-Celtic *snātos →Every word from Old Irish snáth →