Where does “sprioctheanga” come from?

sprioctheanga (Irish) comes from Irish teanga, from Old Irish tengae, from Proto-Celtic tangʷāt-, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

sprioctheanga (Irish): object language; target language

Definitions

  1. object language; target language

Ancestry of “sprioctheanga”, step by step

sprioctheanga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish teanga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishteangatongue; language
2Old Irishtengaetongue; language
3Proto-Celtictangʷāt-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue

via Irish sprioc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishspriocobjective
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s →Every word from Proto-Celtic tangʷāt- →Every word from Old Irish tengae →