Where does “ceithern” come from?
ceithern (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish ceithern, from Latin quaterniō, from Latin quaternī, from Latin quaternus, from Latin quater, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto — and.
ceithern (Middle Irish): A band or troop of soldiers or fighting men, kern
Definitions
- A band or troop of soldiers or fighting men, kern
Ancestry of “ceithern”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Irish | ceithern | band of soldiers |
| 2 | Latin | quaterniō | The number four (e.g. on a dice) |
| 3 | Latin | quaternī | — |
| 4 | Latin | quaternus | four each; four at a time |
| 5 | Latin | quater | four times |
| 6 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 7 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 8 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 9 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |