Where does “yach” come from?

yach (Middle Welsh) comes from Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

yach (Middle Welsh): healthy, well

Definitions

  1. healthy, well

Ancestry of “yach”, step by step

yach traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse ek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorseekI
2Proto-NorseᛖᚲI
3Proto-Germanic*ek—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Proto-Celtic yekkā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticyekkāhealthy

Words derived from “yach”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ek →Every word from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ →