Where does “ceithernach” come from?
ceithernach (Middle Irish) comes from Middle Irish ceithern, from Old Irish ceithern, from Latin quaterniō, from Latin quaternī, from Latin quaternus, from Latin quater, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto — and.
ceithernach (Middle Irish): member or leader of a "ceithern"
Definitions
- member or leader of a "ceithern"
Ancestry of “ceithernach”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Irish | ceithern | A band or troop of soldiers or fighting men, kern |
| 2 | Old Irish | ceithern | band of soldiers |
| 3 | Latin | quaterniō | The number four (e.g. on a dice) |
| 4 | Latin | quaternī | — |
| 5 | Latin | quaternus | four each; four at a time |
| 6 | Latin | quater | four times |
| 7 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 8 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 9 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 10 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |