Where does “maynrys” come from?
maynrys (Manx) comes from Manx maynrey, from Middle Irish mogénar, from Old Irish madgénair, from Old Irish mad, from Irish maith, from Old Irish maithid, from Old Irish maith, from Proto-Celtic matis — -y, -ic.
maynrys (Manx): happiness
Definitions
- happiness
Ancestry of “maynrys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manx | maynrey | happy |
| 2 | Middle Irish | mogénar | — |
| 3 | Old Irish | madgénair | to be blessed |
| 4 | Old Irish | mad | if it be; if it were |
| 5 | Irish | maith | good; good, goodness; forgive, pardon |
| 6 | Old Irish | maithid | to forgive, pardon, excuse; remits, excuses;... |
| 7 | Old Irish | maith | good; third-person singular present indicative... |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | matis | good |
| 9 | Serbo-Croatian | matematika | mathematics |
| 10 | Latin | mathēmatica | mathematics |
| 11 | Latin | mathēmaticus | Of or pertaining to mathematics; mathematical |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | μαθηματικός | scientific, esp. mathematical; astronomical;... |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |