Where does “spágach” come from?

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

spágach (Irish): flat-footed, clumsy

Definitions

  1. flat-footed, clumsy

Ancestry of “spágach”, step by step

spágach traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish ách

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

via Irish spág

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishspágbig, clumsy foot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵʰs →Every word from Proto-Celtic extos →Every word from Old Irish acht →