Where does “so-vaih” come from?
so-vaih (Manx) comes from Manx maih, from Old Irish maithid, from Old Irish maith, from Proto-Celtic matis, from Serbo-Croatian matematika, from Latin mathēmatica, from Latin mathēmaticus, from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός — -y, -ic.
so-vaih (Manx): excusable
Ancestry of “so-vaih”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Manx | maih | forgiveness, remission |
| 2 | Old Irish | maithid | to forgive, pardon, excuse; remits, excuses;... |
| 3 | Old Irish | maith | good; third-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | matis | good |
| 5 | Serbo-Croatian | matematika | mathematics |
| 6 | Latin | mathēmatica | — |
| 7 | Latin | mathēmaticus | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μαθηματικός | scientific, esp. mathematical; astronomical;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |