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Where does “uilefheasach” come from?

uilefheasach (Irish) comes from Irish uile-, from Irish uile, from Old Irish uile, from Proto-Celtic olyos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂olyos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él-.

uilefheasach (Irish): omniscient, all-knowing

Definitions

  1. omniscient, all-knowing

Ancestry of “uilefheasach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishuile-all-, omni-, universal, general
2Irishuileall; every; all, the whole
3Old Irishuileall; whole; For quotations using this term, see...
4Proto-Celticolyosall
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂olyosall
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-—
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