Where does “tíreolaíocht” come from?
tíreolaíocht (Irish) comes from Irish eolaíocht, from Irish -acht, from Old Irish -acht, from Proto-Celtic -axtā, from Proto-Celtic axtā.
tíreolaíocht (Irish): geography
Ancestry of “tíreolaíocht”, step by step
tíreolaíocht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish eolaíocht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Irish | eolaíocht | science; -logy |
| 2 | Irish | -acht | Nominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or... |
| 3 | Old Irish | -acht | -ness, -hood; forms abstract nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | -axtā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | axtā | — |
via Irish tír
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Irish | tír | land, country |
| 2 | Old Irish | tír | land, country, territory, ground |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | tīros | dry land |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |
Words derived from “tíreolaíocht”