Where does “aainshagh” come from?
aainshagh (Manx) comes from Manx aa-insh, from Manx insh, from Middle Irish indisid, from Old Irish indisin, from Old Irish in·fét, from Proto-Celtic *weideti, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
aainshagh (Manx): paraphrastic
Definitions
- paraphrastic
Ancestry of “aainshagh”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manx | aa-insh | to iterate; to paraphrase; verbal noun of aa-insh |
| 2 | Manx | insh | island; declare, communicate, divulge, report,... |
| 3 | Middle Irish | indisid | tells, recounts, mentions, describes |
| 4 | Old Irish | indisin | — |
| 5 | Old Irish | in·fét | — |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | *weideti | to tell, relate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |