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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishteangatongue; language
2Old Irishtengaetongue; language
3Proto-Celtictangʷāt-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s →