Where does “teangeolaíocht” come from?

teangeolaíocht (Irish) comes from Irish eolaíocht, from Irish -acht, from Old Irish -acht, from Proto-Celtic -axtā, from Proto-Celtic axtā.

teangeolaíocht (Irish): linguistics

Definitions

  1. linguistics

Ancestry of “teangeolaíocht”, step by step

teangeolaíocht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish eolaíocht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irisheolaíochtscience; -logy
2Irish-achtNominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...
3Old Irish-acht-ness, -hood; forms abstract nouns
4Proto-Celtic-axtā—
5Proto-Celticaxtā—

via Irish teanga

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

Words derived from “teangeolaíocht”

Every word from Proto-Celtic axtā →Every word from Irish -acht →Every word from Irish eolaíocht →