Where does “teangeolaí” come from?

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

teangeolaí (Irish): linguist

Definitions

  1. linguist

Ancestry of “teangeolaí”, step by step

teangeolaí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish teanga

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

via Irish eolaí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irisheolaíscientist; -logist; guide, guidebook; directory
2Irish-aíEnding of the plural of certain nouns; Agent...
3Old Irish-ide
4Old Irish-deUsed to form adjectives from nouns, denoting...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂sEvery word from Proto-Celtic tangʷāt-Every word from Old Irish tengae
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