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Where does “so-lastacht” come from?

so-lastacht (Irish) comes from Irish so-lasta, from Irish so-, from Old Irish so-, from Proto-Celtic su-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁su-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁wes- — good; to be cheerful, happy; to eat, to feast.

so-lastacht (Irish): inflammability; excitability

Definitions

  1. inflammability; excitability

Ancestry of “so-lastacht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishso-lastainflammable; excitable
2Irishso-very; X-able, easy to X
3Old Irishso-good
4Proto-Celticsu-good, well
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁su-good
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁wes-good; to be cheerful, happy; to eat, to feast
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