Where does “yl-çhengagh” come from?

yl-çhengagh (Manx) comes from Manx çhengey, from Old Irish tengae, from Proto-Celtic tangʷāt-, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

yl-çhengagh (Manx): polyglot

Definitions

  1. polyglot

Ancestry of “yl-çhengagh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Manxçhengeylanguage, speech; tongue
2Old Irishtengaetongue; language
3Proto-Celtictangʷāt-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s →Every word from Proto-Celtic tangʷāt- →Every word from Old Irish tengae →